%0 Journal Article
%T A Silicon Nanocrystal Schottky Junction Solar Cell produced from Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals
%A Liu Chin-Yi
%A Kortshagen Uwe
%J Nanoscale Research Letters
%D 2010
%I Springer
%X Solution-processed semiconductors are seen as a promising route to reducing the cost of the photovoltaic device manufacture. We are reporting a single-layer Schottky photovoltaic device that was fabricated by spin-coating intrinsic silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) from colloidal suspension. The thin-film formation process was based on Si NCs without any ligand attachment, exchange, or removal reactions. The Schottky junction device showed a photovoltaic response with a power conversion efficiency of 0.02%, a fill factor of 0.26, short circuit-current density of 0.148 mA/cm2, and open-circuit voltage of 0.51 V.
%K Silicon nanocrystals
%K Solar cell
%K Schottky junction
%K Thin film
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11671-010-9632-z