Realization of 13.6% Efficiency on 20 μm Thick Si/Organic Hybrid Heterojunction Solar Cells via Advanced Nanotexturing and Surface Recombination Suppression

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6522-6531

  He, Jian ^a   Gao, Pingqi ^a   Liao, Mingdun ^a   Yang, Xi ^a   Ying, Zhiqin ^a   Zhou, Suqiong ^a   Ye, Jichun ^a   Cui, Yi ^b  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

charge recombination; heterojunction; hybrid solar cell; light trapping; surface nanotexturing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SILICON; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METAL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING; NANOTEXTURING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84934912169     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02432     Document Type: Article

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