Harnessing light energy with a planar transparent hybrid of graphene/single wall carbon nanotube/n-type silicon heterojunction solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 732-738

  Chen, Leifeng ^a,b,c   Yu, Hua ^a   Zhong, Jiasong ^a   He, Hong ^a   Zhang, Tian ^b  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au doped hybrid structure; Graphene; Single wall carbon nanotube; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; GOLD; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YARN;

ELECTROPHORETIC METHODS; FABRICATION PROCESS; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; HYBRID STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; TRANSPARENT FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84940532976     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.08.082     Document Type: Article

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