Performance enhancement of InAs quantum dots solar cells by using nanostructured antireflection coating with hydrophobic properties

Yahia F. Makableh; Ahmad I. Nusir; Haley Morris; Kelly McKenzie; Omar Manasreh

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.10.046018

21 December 2016 Performance enhancement of InAs quantum dots solar cells by using nanostructured antireflection coating with hydrophobic properties

Yahia F. Makableh, Ahmad I. Nusir, Haley Morris, Kelly McKenzie, Omar Manasreh

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 10, Issue 4, 046018 (December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.10.046018

Abstract

Enhancement of the performance of an InAs quantum dots (QDs) solar cell was investigated by using a nanostructured antireflection coating with hydrophobic properties. The surface modification was performed by growing ZnO nanoneedles on top of an InAs QDs solar cell’s surface, then the nanoneedles’ hydrophobicity treatment was achieved by using stearic acid. The QDs solar cell’s performance remarkably improved by 50% as noticed in the power conversion efficiency, external quantum efficiency, and spectral response after the surface modification. Additionally, the contact angle of the hydrophobic surface was found to be 153 deg.

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Yahia F. Makableh, Ahmad I. Nusir, Haley Morris, Kelly McKenzie, and Omar Manasreh "Performance enhancement of InAs quantum dots solar cells by using nanostructured antireflection coating with hydrophobic properties," Journal of Nanophotonics 10(4), 046018 (21 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.10.046018

Received: 15 August 2016; Accepted: 29 November 2016; Published: 21 December 2016

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