Heterojunction solar cell fabricated by spin-coating of a CNT/PEDOT:PSS heteroemitter on top of a crystalline silicon absorber

Heinz-Christoph Neitzert; Stefan Schwertheim; Katrin Meusinger; Marcel Leinhos; Wolfgang R. Fahrner

doi:10.1117/12.821469

28 May 2009 Heterojunction solar cell fabricated by spin-coating of a CNT/PEDOT:PSS heteroemitter on top of a crystalline silicon absorber

Heinz-Christoph Neitzert, Stefan Schwertheim, Katrin Meusinger, Marcel Leinhos, Wolfgang R. Fahrner

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Proceedings Volume 7364, Nanotechnology IV; 73640L (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821469
Event: SPIE Europe Microtechnologies for the New Millennium, 2009, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Crystalline silicon / organic thin film heterojunction based solar cells have been realized using spin-coating deposition. Devices with different organic films, all based on PEDOT:PSS, which in some cases have been mixed with double-walled or multi-walled carbon nanotubes, have been compared. Highest conversion efficiencies have been obtained either with a highly conductive PEDOT:PSS emitter withut nanotubes or with a nanocomposite emitter consisting of low conductive PEDOT:PSS emitter mixed with multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Using the nanocomposite emitter, rather high values for the solar cell shunt resistances have been obtained without any etching procedure in order to improve the lateral current confinement. A comparison with a Schottky diode, realized as reference device by the evaporation of the top metal contact directly on top of the crystalline silicon substrate, showed that the heterodiode characteristics was not dominated by leakage current paths and short circuits through the organic layer.

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Heinz-Christoph Neitzert, Stefan Schwertheim, Katrin Meusinger, Marcel Leinhos, and Wolfgang R. Fahrner "Heterojunction solar cell fabricated by spin-coating of a CNT/PEDOT:PSS heteroemitter on top of a crystalline silicon absorber", Proc. SPIE 7364, Nanotechnology IV, 73640L (28 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821469

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