Radial Heterojunction Solar Cell Consisting of n-Type Rutile Nanowire Arrays Infiltrated by p-Type CdTe

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2017-07-01

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Hosseini, Arezoo
Kar, Piyush
Hsieh, Ling-Hsuan
Wiltshire, Benjamin D.
Mohammadpour, Arash
Farsinezhad, Samira
Benlamri, Mourad
Zhang, Yun
Ercelebi, C.
Shankar, Karthik

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We report a p-n heterojunction solid-state solar cell comprised of p-type CdTe that was electrochemically deposited onto hydrothermally synthesized vertically oriented arrays of n-type single crystal rutile TiO2 nanowire arrays (RNWAs). The nanowires were grown on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO)-coated transparent conductive glass substrates by hydrothermal synthesis. Morphological studies revealed the TiO2 nanowires to be completely infiltrated by the CdTe. The solid-state solar cell exhibited an open circuit voltage of 0.6 V, a short-circuit current density of 3.57 mA cm(-2), a fill factor of 44% and a power conversion efficiency of 0.96%.

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Solvothermal Growth, Photovoltaic, Solid-State Solar Cell, Electrodeposition, Monocrystalline Rutile TiO2 Nanowires, Mobility

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68540

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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2017.14226

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Department of Physics, Article

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A. Hosseini et al., “Radial Heterojunction Solar Cell Consisting of n-Type Rutile Nanowire Arrays Infiltrated by p-Type CdTe,” JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, pp. 5119–5123, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68540.