Monolithic III-V Nanowire Solar Cells on Graphene via Direct van der Waals Epitaxy

Mohseni, Parsian K.; Behnam, Ashkan; Wood, Joshua D.; Zhao, Xiang; Yu, Ki Jun; Wang, Ning C.; Rockett, Angus; Rogers, John A.; Lyding, Joseph W.; Pop, Eric; Li, Xiuling

doi:10.1002/adma.201305909

Monolithic III-V Nanowire Solar Cells on Graphene via Direct van der Waals Epitaxy

Journal Article · Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201305909· OSTI ID:1875677

Mohseni, Parsian K. ^[1]; Behnam, Ashkan ^[2]; Wood, Joshua D. ^[2]; Zhao, Xiang ^[2]; Yu, Ki Jun ^[2]; Wang, Ning C. ^[2]; Rockett, Angus ^[2]; Rogers, John A. ^[2]; Lyding, Joseph W. ^[2]; Pop, Eric ^[2]; Li, Xiuling ^[2]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); University of Illinois
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Novel solar cells, based on dense arrays of InGaAs nanowires, are grown directly on graphene. Furthermore, graphene serves as the conductive back contact and growth template for van der Waals epitaxial assembly of vertical nanowires. Although far from being the optimum material, core-shell p–n junction In0.25Ga0.75As nanowire arrays demonstrate a conversion efficiency of 2.51%, representing a new record for substrate-free, III-V nanowire-based solar cells.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Office of Naval Research; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46471

OSTI ID:: 1875677

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 26; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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