Progress on a Photovoltaic Cell Design Consisting of Silicon Nanowires and Poly (3‐ hexylthiophene)

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Citation: Noice, Lori. Progress on a photovoltaic cell design consisting of silicon nanowires and poly (3-hexylthiophene). Portland State University McNair Scholars Online Journal, Vol. 2, 2006Vol. 2, -2008. Progress on a photovoltaic cell design consisting of silicon nanowires and poly(3-hexylthiopenen)Lori Noice 1 , Gary Goncher 1 , Raj Solanki 1, 2 Abstract A bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cell design made from silicon nanowires (SiNW) and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) could provide the photon absorption and charge transport needed for a high efficiency hybrid PV cell. Since the mechanisms associated with the inorganic/organic semiconductor heterojunction are not yet well understood, the simple design of the proposed PV cell and tunable properties of both SiNW and P3HT affords experimental optimization opportunities.