Urchin-inspired zinc oxide as building blocks for nanostructured solar cells

Details Urchin-inspired zinc oxide as building blocks for nanostructured solar cells Urchin-inspired zinc oxide as building blocks for nanostructured solar cells

2012-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/1204.2728v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

20 pages

Scientific paper

High surface area nanowire based architectures have been identified as important components for future optoelectronic nanodevices, solar cells, wettability coatings, gas sensors, and biofuel cells. Here we report on a novel urchin-inspired nanowire architecture: its interwoven three-dimensional, high-surface-area nanowire arrangement can be precisely controlled by using a low-cost and scalable synthesis based on a combination of nanosphere lithography, low-temperature atomic layer deposition, and electrodeposition. The performance of single-layer arrays of urchin-inspired ZnO nanowire building blocks competes to that of planar nanowire carpets. We illustrate this capability by fabricating fully-inorganic extremely thin absorber solar cells using CdSe as absorber and CuSCN as hole-collector material. The light diffusion of the urchin-inspired nanowire arrays was varied from 15% to 35%. Homogenous absorption in the wavelength range of 400-800 nm of up to 90% was obtained. Solar conversion efficiencies of ~ 1.33% were achieved.

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