Journal
CHEMSUSCHEM
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 320-327Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200600
Keywords
materials science; nanotubes; nanotechnology; polymers; raman spectroscopy
Funding
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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Carbon nanotube-silicon solar cells are a recently investigated photovoltaic architecture with demonstrated high efficiencies. Silicon solar-cell devices fabricated with a thin film of conductive polymer (polyaniline) have been reported, but these devices can suffer from poor performance due to the limited lateral current-carrying capacity of thin polymer films. Herein, hybrid solar-cell devices of a thin film of polyaniline deposited on silicon and covered by a single-walled carbon nanotube film are fabricated and characterized. These hybrid devices combine the conformal coverage given by the polymer and the excellent electrical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube films and significantly outperform either of their component counterparts. Treatment of the silicon base and carbon nanotubes with hydrofluoric acid and a strong oxidizer (thionyl chloride) leads to a significant improvement in performance.
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