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Research Article | Open Access

Research progress in improving the performance of PEDOT:PSS/Micro- and Nano-textured Si heterojunction for hybrid solar cells

Guilu Lina, Zhongliang Gaob, Ting Gaoa, Yongcong Chenb, Qi Genga, Yingfeng Lib, Lei Chena, Meicheng Lib( )
School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China

Peer review under responsibility of The Chinese Ceramic Society.

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Highlights

● The important influence of PEDOT:PSS/Si interface contact on hybrid solar cell performance is reviewed.

● Fluid properties of PEDOT:PSS solution on Si surface with different Micro/Nano structures are studied.

● Three kinds of methods to improve the performance of PEDOT:PSS/Si hybrid solar cells are provided.

● Combining the optical and the electrical properties to improve the performance of PEDOT:PSS/Si hybrid solar cells.

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Abstract

Silicon-based hybrid solar cells (HSCs), especially PEDOT:PSS/Si HSC, have attracted the interest of researchers because they combine the advantages of organic and inorganic materials. A high quality PEDOT:PSS/Si heterojunction is the key to the good performance of PEDOT:PSS/Si HSC. However, as generally requisite to enhance light absorption for HSCs, Si Micro/Nano structures will reduce the interface contact quality between PEDOT:PSS and Si surface. The inferior interface contact quality will limit the separation efficiency of the photogenerated carriers. In this paper, we summarize the research progress in improving the interface contact between Si Micro/Nano structures and PEDOT:PSS film from three aspects: the optimization of Si Micro/Nano structures aimed to improve the fluid properties of PEDOT:PSS solution, the material modification of PEDOT:PSS and interface modification with the purpose to enlarge the heterojunction area and improve the electrical contact, and the specific deposition process of PEDOT:PSS solution developed to achieve the high filling rate of PEDOT:PSS on Si Micro/Nano structures. The insight of this paper is helpful for the preparation of high-quality heterojunction, which is vitally important for the development of high efficiency PEDOT:PSS/Si HSCs.

Keywords

PEDOT:PSS/Si heterojunctionSi Micro/Nano structuresInterface modificationDeposition method of PEDOT:PSS

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Journal of Materiomics
Volume 7 Issue 5,
September 2021
Pages 1161-1179
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2020.12.013
Cite this article:
Lin G, Gao Z, Gao T, et al. Research progress in improving the performance of PEDOT:PSS/Micro- and Nano-textured Si heterojunction for hybrid solar cells. Journal of Materiomics, 2021, 7(5): 1161-1179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2020.12.013

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Received: 12 October 2020
Revised: 15 December 2020
Accepted: 18 December 2020
Published: 12 April 2021
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