Crystalline-Si photovoltaic devices with ZnO nanowires

被引：23

作者：

Hsueh, Ting-Jen ^{[1
]}

Lin, Siou-Yi ^{[2
]}

Weng, Wen-Yin ^{[3
,4
]}

Hsu, Cheng-Liang ^{[2
]}

Tsai, Tsung-Ying ^{[3
,4
]}

Dai, Bau-Tong ^{[1
]}

Shieh, Jia-Min ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Nano Devices Labs, Tainan 741, Taiwan

[2] Natl Univ Tainan, Dept Elect Engn, Tainan 700, Taiwan

[3] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Inst Microelect, Tainan 701, Taiwan

[4] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Tainan 701, Taiwan

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS | 2012年 / 98卷

关键词：

Solar cells; Si; ZnO; Nanowires; SOLAR-CELLS; FABRICATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.029

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

The growth of ZnO nanowires (NWs) on a zinc oxide (ZnO)/textured crystalline-Si (c-Si) photovoltaic device via the hydrothermal method is investigated. The average length and diameter of the ZnO NWs are around 0.65 mu m and 70-100 nm, respectively. Experimental results indicate that a ZnO/textured c-Si photovoltaic device with ZnO NWs has the lowest reflectance among the tested substrates, especially in the range of ultraviolet (UV) and green light (350 nm to 590 nm). Compared to SiNx/textured c-Si and ZnO/textured c-Si photovoltaic devices, the proposed device exhibits photovoltaic conversion efficiency improvements of around 7% and 6.3%, respectively. After encapsulation, the ZnO NWs/ZnO/textured c-Si photovoltaic device has the lowest drop in conversion efficiency. Furthermore, a small NW diameter increases light absorption. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页数：5

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