Synthesis of one-dimentional nanostructures for gas sensing and photovoltaic applications

Hakan Karaagac; Elif Peksu; M. Saif Islam

doi:10.1117/12.2190850

26 August 2015 Synthesis of one-dimentional nanostructures for gas sensing and photovoltaic applications

Hakan Karaagac, Elif Peksu, M. Saif Islam

Proceedings Volume 9553, Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices; 95530S (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190850
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this work, three-dimensional (3-D) p-n junctions were formed for the fabrication of field ionization gas sensors and solar cells. P-Si micro-pillars/ZnO NWs, n-TiO2-nanorod/p-CdTe and n-Si-NW/p-CuInSe₂(CIS) material combinations were preferred for the construction of p-n hetero-junction solar cells. Vertically well-aligned Si NWs were synthesized over the surface of n-type silicon wafer by using electroless etching technique. The synthesized Si-NWs embedded into a sputter deposited mono-phase chalcopyrite thin film (CIS) for the realization of nanowire array embedded in thin film type inorganic solar cell, which exhibited a 1.51% power conversion efficiency. In addition to Si nanowires, high aspect ratio vertically well- oriented p- silicon micropillars (MPs) were also synthesized using deep reactive ion Etching (DRIE) process with the BOSCH recipe of cyclical passivation and etching. Three-dimensional (3D) p-Si-MPs/n-ZnO-NWs heterostructures were constructed from hydrothermally grown dense arrays of ZnO nanowires onto these p-type silicon micropillars. The device structures were tested for both the field ionization gas sensor and photovoltaic applications, which showed very promising results. As a final part of this study, TiO₂ nanorods (NRs) were grown on FTO glass substrates by using hydrothermal technique, which is sequentially coated with CdTe thin film (sputtering) and subjected to CdCl₂ chemical solution treatment to fabricate a core-shell model solar cell with a power conversion efficiency over 0.4% power conversion efficiency.

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Hakan Karaagac, Elif Peksu, and M. Saif Islam "Synthesis of one-dimentional nanostructures for gas sensing and photovoltaic applications", Proc. SPIE 9553, Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices, 95530S (26 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190850

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