Investigating the effect of carbon nanotube diameter and wall number in carbon nanotube/silicon heterojunction solar cells

Tom Grace; LePing Yu; Christopher Gibson; Daniel Tune; Huda Alturaif; Zeid AlOththman; Joseph Shapter

doi:10.3390/nano6030052

Investigating the effect of carbon nanotube diameter and wall number in carbon nanotube/silicon heterojunction solar cells

Tom Grace, LePing Yu, Christopher Gibson, Daniel Tune, Huda Alturaif, Zeid AlOththman, Joseph Shapter

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Suspensions of single-walled, double-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were generated in the same solvent at similar concentrations. Films were fabricated from these suspensions and used in carbon nanotube/silicon heterojunction solar cells and their properties were compared with reference to the number of walls in the nanotube samples. It was found that single-walled nanotubes generally produced more favorable results; however, the double and multi-walled nanotube films used in this study yielded cells with higher open circuit voltages. It was also determined that post fabrication treatments applied to the nanotube films have a lesser effect on multi-walled nanotubes than on the other two types.

Original language	English
Article number	52
Pages (from-to)	52-64
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nanomaterials
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/nano6030052
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2016

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Keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT)/Si heterojunction solar cells
Carbon nanotubes
Double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT)
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)
Solar cells

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