Acid-doped multi-wall carbon nanotube/n-Si heterojunctions for enhanced light harvesting

Solar Energy

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-176

  Mohammed, Muatez ^a,b   Li, Zhongrui ^c,d   Cui, Jingbiao ^a   Chen, Tar pin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AL QADISIYAH   (Iraq)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid infiltration; Carbon nanotube solar cells; MWNT Si; Nitric acid; Photoelectrochemical cells; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NITRIC ACID; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON; SULFURIC ACID;

INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MULTIPLE WALLS; MWNT/SI; N TYPE SILICON; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SI SUBSTRATES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

ACID; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EFFECT; POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATE; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84902661487     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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