Inorganic Nanocomposites of n- and p-Type Semiconductors: A New Type of Three-Dimensional Solar Cell

✍ Scribed by M. Nanu; J. Schoonman; A. Goossens

• Book ID: 101411952
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 151 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200306194

✦ Synopsis

A new approach to the ‘3D solar‐cell concept’ is reported. Atomic layer chemical vapor deposition is employed to infiltrate CuInS~2~ into the pores of nanostructured TiO~2~. In this way it is possible to obtain a nanometer‐scale interpenetrating network between n‐type TiO~2~ and p‐type CuInS~2~. Cells created this way show photovoltaic activity with a maximum monochromatic incident photon‐to‐ current conversion efficiency of 80 %.