International Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
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Graphene Solar Cells-Will it be the Ultimate Power Converter?
Solar cells or photovoltaic (PV) cells involve the direct conversion of
light energy into electrical energy. PV cells are basically p-n
junctions made from layers of semiconducting materials. Under light
illumination, either free electron-hole pairs are generated within the
bulk of the layers and subsequently separated through the internal
electric field across the depletion layer of the junction (in
conventional solar cells), or exactions are created and simultaneously
separated across a hetero-interface (in excitonic solar cells), thus
producing an open-circuited photo voltage [11.
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system applications. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA ,22. Brian AG (2003) Excitonic solar cells. Phys. Chem. B 107: 4688–4698.].
Upon connection with an external circuit, an electric current is drawn
out and used for powering outside devices. This photocurrent, along with
the photo voltage, defines the power that the solar cell can deliver..
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