Photovoltaic device using single wall carbon nanotubes and method of fabricating the same

Biris, Alexandru S.; Li, Zhongrui

Photovoltaic device using single wall carbon nanotubes and method of fabricating the same

Patent · 05 November 2012

OSTI ID:1080444

Biris, Alexandru S.; Li, Zhongrui

A photovoltaic device and methods for forming the same. In one embodiment, the photovoltaic device has a silicon substrate, and a film comprising a plurality of single wall carbon nanotubes disposed on the silicon substrate, wherein the plurality of single wall carbon nanotubes forms a plurality of heterojunctions with the silicon in the substrate.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG36-06GO86072

Assignee:: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)

Patent Number(s):: 8,304,302

Application Number:: 12/752,617

OSTI ID:: 1080444

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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