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Light Trapping of Inclined Si Nanowires for Efficient Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Solar Cells
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Chen, Shih-Hsiu Kuo, Kuan-Yi Tsai, Kun-Hung Chen, Chia-Yun |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Light/matter interaction of low-dimensional silicon (Si) strongly correlated with its geometrical features, which resulted in being highly critical for the practical development of Si-based photovoltaic applications. Yet, orientation modulation together with apt control over the size and spacing of aligned Si nanowire (SiNW) arrays remained rather challenging. Here, we demonstrated that the transition of formed SiNWs with controlled diameters and spacing from the crystallographically preferred to orientation was realized through the facile adjustment of etchant compositions. The underlying mechanism was found to correlate with the competing reactions between the formation and removal of oxide at Ag/Si interfaces that could be readily tailored through the concentration ratio of HF to $H_{2}O_{2}$. By employing inclined SiNWs for the construction of hybrid solar cells, the improved cell performances compared with conventional vertical-SiNW-based hybrid cells were demonstrated, showing the conversion efficiency of 12.23%, approximately 1.12 times higher than that of vertical-SiNW-based hybrid solar cells. These were numerically and experimentally interpreted by the involvement of excellent light-trapping effects covering the wide-angle light illuminations of inclined SiNWs, which paved the potential design for next-generation optoelectronic devices. |
| Starting Page | 1821 |
| e-ISSN | 20794991 |
| DOI | 10.3390/nano12111821 |
| Journal | Nanomaterials |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-05-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nanomaterials Silicon Nanowires Light Reflectivity Metal-assisted Chemical Etching Solar Cells |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
