Journal
NANO-MICRO LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 135-141Publisher
SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353704
Keywords
Type-II heterostructures; Core/shell nanowire solar cell; ZnO/ZnSe
Funding
- 973 Program [2012CB619301, 2011CB925600]
- National Natural Science Foundations of China [61227009, 61106008, 61106118, 90921002, 60827004]
- Natural Science Foundations of Fujian Province
- fundamental research funds for the central universities [2011121042, 2011121026]
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Nanowire-based photovoltaic devices have the advantages over planar devices in light absorption and charge transport and collection. Recently, a new strategy relying on type-II band alignment has been proposed to facilitate efficient charge separation in core/shell nanowire solar cells. This paper reviews the type-II heterojunction solar cells based on core/shell nanowire arrays, and specifically focuses on the progress of theoretical design and fabrication of type-II ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire-based solar cells. A strong photoresponse associated with the type-II interfacial transition exhibits a threshold of 1.6 eV, which demonstrates the feasibility and great potential for exploring all-inorganic versions of type-II heterojunction solar cells using wide bandgap semiconductors. Future prospects in this area are also outlooked.
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