Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency of Graphene/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Through NiO Induced Doping

被引:6
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作者
Kuru, Cihan [1 ]
Yavuz, Serdar [1 ]
Kargar, Alireza [2 ]
Choi, Duyoung [1 ]
Choi, Chulmin [3 ]
Rustomji, Cyrus [1 ]
Jin, Sungho [1 ]
Bandaru, Prabhakar R. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Mat Sci & Engn Program, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
关键词
Graphene; Silicon; Solar Cell; NiO Doping; Stable; NICKEL-OXIDE; RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION; SILICON; LAYER; ANODE; ANTIREFLECTION; DIODE; FILMS;
D O I
10.1166/jnn.2016.12079
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
We report a doping strategy, where nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticle film coating is employed for graphene/Si heterojunction solar cells to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE). NiO doping has been shown to improve the short circuit current (J(SC)) by 12%, open circuit voltage (V-OC) by 25% and fill factor (FF) by 145% of the cells, in turn increasing the PCE from 1.37% to 4.91%. Furthermore, NiO doped graphene/Si solar cells don't show any significant performance degradation over 10 days revealing that NiO doping can be a promising approach for practical applications of graphene in solar cells.
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页码:1190 / 1193
页数:4
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