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Xi Chen1, Baohua Jia, Boyuan Cai
1Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|November 4, 2014
Abstract:
An innovative 1D material--graphenized carbon nanofiber--is designed and synthesized. The nanofiber exhibits superior light-scattering properties, ultralow absorption loss, and high electrical conductivity, and enables a wide range of applications. Simply integrating the nanofibers with the state-of-the-art silicon solar cells leads to a leaping efficiency boost of 3.8%, almost five times higher than the current world record.

