Facile fabrication of Si nanowires arrays for solar cell applications

Xiaocheng Li; Beng Kang Tay

doi:10.1109/INEC.2010.5424740

Facile fabrication of Si nanowires arrays for solar cell applications

Xiaocheng Li^*, Beng Kang Tay

^*Corresponding author for this work

Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Large-area of Si nanowires (SiNWs) has been fabricated on Si surface by a facile silver-catalyzed chemical etching process. The solar cell incorporated with SiNWs arrays shows a high power conversion efficiency of 6.69% with an open circuit voltage of 558 mV and short circuit current density of 25.13 mA/cm ² without using any extra antireflection layer and surface passivation technique. The high conversion efficiency of the solar cell is attributed to the low reflective index of SiNWs for the incident sunlight. Optimization of electrical contact and phosphorus diffusion process will be critical to improve the performance of SiNWs based solar cell in the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	INEC 2010 - 2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, Proceedings
Pages	612-613
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INEC.2010.5424740
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, INEC 2010 - Hongkong, China Duration: Jan 3 2010 → Jan 8 2010

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Conference	2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, INEC 2010
Country/Territory	China
City	Hongkong
Period	1/3/10 → 1/8/10

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Li, X & Tay, BK 2010, Facile fabrication of Si nanowires arrays for solar cell applications. in INEC 2010 - 2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, Proceedings., 5424740, INEC 2010 - 2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, Proceedings, pp. 612-613, 2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, INEC 2010, Hongkong, China, 1/3/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/INEC.2010.5424740

Facile fabrication of Si nanowires arrays for solar cell applications. / Li, Xiaocheng; Tay, Beng Kang.
INEC 2010 - 2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, Proceedings. 2010. p. 612-613 5424740 (INEC 2010 - 2010 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, Proceedings).

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