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Enhanced efficiency for c-Si solar cell with nanopillar array via quantum dots layers.

Hsin-Chu Chen1, Chien-Chung Lin, Hao-Wei Han

  • 1Department of Photonic & Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Optics Express
|September 22, 2011
PubMed
Summary

CdS quantum dots (QDs) boost crystalline silicon solar cell efficiency by 33%. This enhancement in solar energy conversion is due to improved light absorption and electrical properties in nanopillar arrays.

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