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Band Diagram of Heterojunction Solar Cells through Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
- Source :
- ACS Energy Letters. 2:582-591
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2017.
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Abstract
- The band diagram in heterojunction solar cells is of utmost importance when visualizing the possibility of charge separation and carrier transport. The diagram should in principle be drawn from the viewpoint of the charge carriers in the devices. While considering solar cells based on conjugated organics and/or inorganic compound semiconductors, we have shown in this Perspective that scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) can draw appropriate band diagrams, which the carriers would encounter during the separation and transport processes. Moreover, differential conductance (dI/dV) images in scanning tunneling microscopy are capable of energy mapping; one can therefore map domains of the materials in a bulk heterojunction (BHJ). Correlation between morphology of the components in BHJs and device performance can therefore be envisaged through STS.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Polymer solar cell
law.invention
law
Band diagram
Materials Chemistry
Inorganic compound
chemistry.chemical_classification
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Heterojunction
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
0104 chemical sciences
Fuel Technology
Semiconductor
chemistry
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Optoelectronics
Charge carrier
Scanning tunneling microscope
0210 nano-technology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23808195
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ACS Energy Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........29f5255c9ff2a79e31a6afb8281fa6b0