Carbon nanotube semitransparent electrodes for amorphous silicon based photovoltaic devices

S. Del Gobbo; P. Castrucci; M. Scarselli; L. Camilli; M. De Crescenzi; L. Mariucci; A. Valletta; A. Minotti; G. Fortunato

doi:10.1063/1.3588352

Carbon nanotube semitransparent electrodes for amorphous silicon based photovoltaic devices

S. Del Gobbo, P. Castrucci^*, M. Scarselli, L. Camilli, M. De Crescenzi, L. Mariucci, A. Valletta, A. Minotti, G. Fortunato

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Different amounts of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been sprayed on amorphous silicon substrates to form Schottky barrier solar cells. The measured external quantum efficiency showed a spectral behavior depending on the SWCNT network optical transparency, presenting a maximum up to 35% at a wavelength of about 460 nm. Ultrathin network of SWCNTs acts as semitransparent electrode and forms Schottky barrier with amorphous silicon, enabling new generation low cost amorphous silicon based solar cells. Numerical simulations show a poor efficiency of SWCNT contacts in collecting holes suggesting that improvement in contact quality is needed to further improve solar cell efficiency.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	183113
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3588352
State	Published - May 2 2011
Externally published	Yes

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