Tandem-structured, hot electron based photovoltaic cell with double Schottky barriers

Young Keun Lee; Hyosun Lee; Jeong Young Park

doi:10.1038/srep04580

Tandem-structured, hot electron based photovoltaic cell with double Schottky barriers

Young Keun Lee, Hyosun Lee, Jeong Young Park

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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We demonstrate a tandem-structured, hot electron based photovoltaic cell with double Schottky barriers. The tandem-structured, hot electron based photovoltaic cell is composed of two metal/semiconductor interfaces. Two types of tandem cells were fabricated using TiO₂/Au/Si and TiO ₂/Au/TiO₂, and photocurrent enhancement was detected. The double Schottky barriers lead to an additional pathway for harvesting hot electrons, which is enhanced through multiple reflections between the two barriers with different energy ranges. In addition, light absorption is improved by the band-to-band excitation of both semiconductors with different band gaps. Short-circuit current and energy conversion efficiency of the tandem-structured TiO₂/Au/Si increased by 86% and 70%, respectively, compared with Au/Si metal/semiconductor nanodiodes, showing an overall solar energy conversion efficiency of 5.3%.

Original language	English
Article number	4580
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04580
State	Published - 3 Apr 2014

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