Enhanced solar energy conversion in Au-doped, single-wall carbon nanotube-Si heterojunction cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Chen, Leifeng ^a,b   He, Hong ^b,c   Zhang, Shijun ^a   Xu, Chen ^a   Zhao, Jianjiang ^a   Zhao, Shichao ^b   Mi, Yuhong ^b   Yang, Deren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; Chemical doping; Conductivity; Plasmon resonance; Single wall carbon nanotube; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY HARVESTING; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AU NANOPARTICLE; CHEMICAL DOPING; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTION CELLS; PLASMON RESONANCES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84878769594     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-225     Document Type: Article

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