Browsing by Author "Du, Chen-Hsun"

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13% Efficiency Hybrid Organic/Silicon-Nanowire Heterojunction Solar Cell via Interface Engineering
(2013-12-01)
Yu, Peichen
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Tsai, Chia-Ying
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Chang, Jan-Kai
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Lai, Chih-Chung
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Chen, Po-Han
Interface carrier recombination currently hinders the performance of hybrid organic silicon heterojunction solar cells for high-efficiency low-cost photovoltaics. Here, we introduce an intermediate 1,1-bis[(di-4-tolylamino)phenyl]cyclohexane (TAP() layer into hybrid heterojunction solar cells based on silicon nanowires (SINWs) and conjugate polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy-thiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The highest power conversion efficiency reaches a record 13.01%, which is largely ascribed to the modified organic surface morphology and suppressed saturation current that boost the open-circuit voltage and fill factor. We show that the insertion of TAP( increases the minority carrier lifetime because of an energy offset at the heterojunction interface. Furthermore, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy reveals that TAP( can effectively block the strong oxidation reaction occurring between PEDOT:PSS and silicon, which improves the device characteristics and assurances for reliability. These learnings point toward future directions for versatile interface engineering techniques for the attainment of highly efficient hybrid photovoltaics.
Fabricating 43-mu m-Thick and 12% Efficient Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells by Using Kerfless Si(111) Substrates
(2015-01-01)
Du, Chen-Hsun
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Chen, Chien-Hsun
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Wang, Teng-Yu
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Hsiao, Jui-Chung
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Yeh, Chun-Ming
A 43-mu m-thick Si(111) substrate was obtained using the stress-induced lift-off method with a screen-printed metal paste layer as the stress-generation layer. The reflection of the metal-removed side of the Si(111) substrate was lower than that of the exfoliated side because of high surface roughness resulting from the reaction between the metal paste and the silicon substrate at 700 degrees C. After aggressive etching with an alkaline solution for the peeled silicon substrate, the efficiency of the heterojunction silicon solar cell was improved from 0.87% to 12%. (C) The Author(s) 2015. Published by ECS. All rights reserved.