Illumination Angle Insensitive Single Indium Phosphide Tapered Nanopillar Solar Cell

被引:22
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作者
Ko, Wai Son [1 ]
Tran, Thai-Truong D. [1 ]
Bhattacharya, Indrasen [1 ]
Ng, Kar Wei [1 ]
Sun, Hao [1 ,2 ]
Chang-Hasnain, Connie [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
nanopillar; nanowire; solar cell; angle insensitive; radial junction; silicon substrate; NANOWIRE; SILICON; EFFICIENCY; LIMIT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; ABSORPTION; SUBSTRATE; EMISSION; GROWTH; SIZE;
D O I
10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00756
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Low cost, high efficiency photovoltaic can help accelerate the adoption of solar energy. Using tapered indium phosphide nanopillars grown on a silicon substrate, we demonstrate a single nanopillar photovoltaic exhibiting illumination angle insensitive response. The photovoltaic employs a novel regrown core-shell p-i-n junction to improve device performance by eliminating shunt current paths, resulting in a high V-OC of 0.534 V and a power conversion efficiency of 19.6%. Enhanced broadband light absorption is also demonstrated over a wide spectral range of 400-800 nm.
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页码:4961 / 4967
页数:7
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