Makhdoom A, Sgobba V, Khanzada LS, Fladischer S, Spiecker E (2019)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Publisher: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Book Volume: 216
Article Number: ARTN 1900040
Journal Issue: 11
Silicon is dominating the world in photovoltaic technology. The widely used mono crystalline and poly crystalline wafer technologies are expensive to process. As an alternative, technology of silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) is a necessity for economical processing of PV modules. In this work, commercially prepared Si-NCs with a mean diameter of 60 nm is utilized with a pretreatment process followed by functionalization. Styryl and 1-ethenyl-4-fluoro benzyl conjugate moieties are grafted on hydrogen-terminated Si-NCs via hydrosilylation of phenylacetylene and 1-ethyny1-4-fluoro benzene, respectively. Thick-films of these functionalized Si-NCs with different thicknesses are prepared and analyzed in a purposed device architecture at room temperature which reveals a p-type character of functionalized Si-NCs films. Detail analysis of current density voltage U V) characteristics of styryl functionalized Si-NCs films shows that the drifting of charge carriers follows a power law relationship V") in the presence of exponentially distributed trap states. Moreover, a unique voltage dependence of the J V curves also reveals a transition between direct and Fowler Nordheim (F N) tunneling mechanisms.
APA:
Makhdoom, A., Sgobba, V., Khanzada, L.S., Fladischer, S., & Spiecker, E. (2019). Tailoring the Charge Transport Properties of Printable Si-NCs By Conjugated Organic Ligands. physica status solidi (a), 216(11). https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201900040
MLA:
Makhdoom, Atif, et al. "Tailoring the Charge Transport Properties of Printable Si-NCs By Conjugated Organic Ligands." physica status solidi (a) 216.11 (2019).
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