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Synergistic Effect of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes and PEDOT:PSS in Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Hybrid Solar Cell
Author(s) -
Alekseeva Alena A.,
Rajanna Pramod Mulbagal,
Anisimov Anton S.,
Sergeev Oleg,
Bereznev Sergei,
Nasibulin Albert G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201700557
Subject(s) - pedot:pss , materials science , polystyrene sulfonate , carbon nanotube , amorphous silicon , amorphous solid , silicon , polymer solar cell , solar cell , conductive polymer , nanotechnology , polystyrene , thin film , fabrication , chemical engineering , hybrid solar cell , optoelectronics , polymer , crystalline silicon , composite material , layer (electronics) , organic chemistry , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
We propose a simple fabrication method of thin film hybrid solar cells by combining single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) with hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a‐Si:H). Electrically conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS introduced in a randomly oriented network of SWCNTs forms a coupled continuous heterojunction between PEDOT:PSS–SWCNT and a‐Si:H. We fabricated and compared the performance of SWCNT/a‐Si:H, PEDOT:PSS/a‐Si:H and PEDOT:PSS–SWCNT/a‐Si:H solar cells. The PEDOT:PSS–SWCNT/a‐Si:H solar cells resulted to have an efficiency of 1.6% with state‐of‐the‐art fill factor and open circuit voltage of 54% and 0.803 V, respectively.