Hybrid porous silicon/silver nanostructures for the development of enhanced photovoltaic devices

Si-based metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) Schottky junction solar cells with the basic structure Al/Si/TiO2/ Au were fabricated. This structure was modified by the addition of nanostructured porous silicon (nanoPS) layers and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), resulting in devices with the following s...

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Autores: Ramadan Shehata Ali, Rehab, Manso Silván, Miguel, Martín Palma, Raúl José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/698980
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/698980
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04394-z
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nanostructures
Silicon solar cells
Silver nanoparticles
Conduction Mechanism
Photovoltaic devices
Schottky junctions
Silver nanoparticles (AgNps)
Spectral photocurrent
Porous silicon
Física
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Sumario:Si-based metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) Schottky junction solar cells with the basic structure Al/Si/TiO2/ Au were fabricated. This structure was modified by the addition of nanostructured porous silicon (nanoPS) layers and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), resulting in devices with the following structures: Al/Si/nanoPS/TiO2/ Au and Al/Si/nanoPS+AgNPs/TiO2/ Au. The key performance parameters of the three MIS Schottky junction solar cells were determined, including spectral photocurrent response, short-circuit current density, open-circuit voltage, fill factor, and efficiency. The experimental results show a remarkable enhancement in the overall performance of the solar cells upon the addition of nanoPS and AgNPs layers to the basic structure. An energy band model is proposed for the Si-based MIS Schottky junction solar cells to understand the different photogeneration and conduction mechanisms