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Ju-Hyung Yun1, Yun Chang Park, Joondong Kim
1Nano-Mechanical Systems Research Center, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Daejeon 305343, Korea. joonkim@kimm.re.kr.
Abstract:
Germanium nanowire (GeNW)-positioned Schottky solar cell was fabricated by a solution process. A GeNW-containing solution was spread out onto asymmetric metal electrodes to produce a rectifying current flow. Under one-sun illumination, the GeNW-positioned Schottky solar cell yields an open-circuit voltage of 177 mV and a short-circuit current of 19.2 nA. Schottky and ohmic contacts between a single GeNW and different metal electrodes were systematically investigated. This solution process may provide a route to the cost-effective nanostructure solar architecture.
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