Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles

Silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays show an excellent light-trapping characteristic and high mobility for carriers. Surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can be used to increase light scattering and absorption in solar cells. We fabricated a new kind of SiNW/organic hybrid solar cell...

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Autores principales: Liu, Kong, Qu, Shengchun, Zhang, Xinhui, Tan, Furui, Wang, Zhanguo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Nano Express
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-88
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author Liu, Kong
Qu, Shengchun
Zhang, Xinhui
Tan, Furui
Wang, Zhanguo
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Qu, Shengchun
Zhang, Xinhui
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Wang, Zhanguo
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description Silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays show an excellent light-trapping characteristic and high mobility for carriers. Surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can be used to increase light scattering and absorption in solar cells. We fabricated a new kind of SiNW/organic hybrid solar cell by introducing AgNPs. Reflection spectra confirm the improved light scattering of AgNP-decorated SiNW arrays. A double-junction tandem structure was designed to manufacture our hybrid cells. Both short-circuit current and external quantum efficiency measurements show an enhancement in optical absorption of organic layer, especially at lower wavelengths.
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spelling pubmed-35988332013-03-20 Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles Liu, Kong Qu, Shengchun Zhang, Xinhui Tan, Furui Wang, Zhanguo Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express Silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays show an excellent light-trapping characteristic and high mobility for carriers. Surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can be used to increase light scattering and absorption in solar cells. We fabricated a new kind of SiNW/organic hybrid solar cell by introducing AgNPs. Reflection spectra confirm the improved light scattering of AgNP-decorated SiNW arrays. A double-junction tandem structure was designed to manufacture our hybrid cells. Both short-circuit current and external quantum efficiency measurements show an enhancement in optical absorption of organic layer, especially at lower wavelengths. Springer 2013-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3598833/ /pubmed/23418988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-88 Text en Copyright ©2013 Liu et al; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Liu, Kong
Qu, Shengchun
Zhang, Xinhui
Tan, Furui
Wang, Zhanguo
Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
title Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
title_full Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
title_fullStr Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
title_full_unstemmed Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
title_short Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
title_sort improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-88
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