An Efficiency Enhanced Graphene/n-Si Schottky Junction for Solar Cells

作者:Li, Gang; Cheng, Hong-Wei; Guo, Li-Fang; Wang, Kai-Ying*; Cheng, Zai-Jun*
来源:Chinese Physics Letters, 2018, 35(7): 076801.
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/35/7/076801

摘要

A novel and facile oxidation-induced self-doping process of graphene-silicon Schottky junction by nitric acid (HNO3) vapor is reported. The HNO3 oxidation process makes graphene p-type self-doped, and leads to a higher built-in potential and conductivity to enhance charge transfer and to suppress charge carrier recombination at the graphene-silicon Schottky junction. After the HNO3 oxidation process, the open-circuit voltage is increased from the initial value of 0.36 V to the maximum value of 0.47V, the short-circuit current is greatly increased from 0.80 mu A to 7.71 mu A, and the ideality factor is optimized from 4.4 to 1.0. The enhancement of the performance of graphene-Si solar cells may be due to oxidation-induced p-type self-doping of graphene-Si junctions.