Nanocoax solar cells based on aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays

作者: T. Paudel , J. Rybczynski , Y. T. Gao , Y. C. Lan , Y. Peng

DOI: 10.1002/PSSA.201026781

关键词: Polymer solar cellNanotubeMultiwalled carbonAmorphous siliconMaterials scienceMonocrystalline siliconNanotechnologyCarbon nanotubePhotovoltaic system

摘要: We fabricated and studied solar cells based on a distributed nanocoax architecture by depositing amorphous silicon as photovoltaic medium arrays of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes. These inexpensive demonstrate an initial efficiency 6.1% that can be further enhanced increasing the density per unit area improving quality.

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