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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 95, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3189088
Keywords
band structure; electron-hole recombination; elemental semiconductors; indium compounds; nanowires; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic effects; polymers; semiconductor quantum wires; silicon; solar cells
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Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) arrays grown vertically on an indium tin oxide glass substrate by the vapor liquid solid process are covered with poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) mixed with [6,6]-phenyl-C-60-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) to make into a hybrid solar cell. With proper control of the nanowire size and arrangement of the band structure suitable for charge carrier transport, the P3HT/SiNWs solar cell can have a much better energy conversion efficiency than the P3HT+PCBM solar cell. Poor band structure arrangement can lead to band barrier and enhanced electron-hole pair recombination and much lower efficiency even with more light absorption.
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