CVD-Grown Carbon Nanotube Branches on Black Silicon Stems for Ultrahigh Absorbance in Wide Wavelength Range.

ABSTRACT: We report a black silicon-carbon nanotube (bSi-CNT) hybrid structure for ultrahigh absorbance at wide spectral range of wavelength (300-1200 nm). CNTs are densely grown on entire bSi stems by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) through uniformly coating Fe catalyst. The bSi-CNT not only increases the surface roughness for enhancing the light suppression, but also allows the absorption of light in a wide wavelength range over the Si band gap (>1000 nm owing to 1.1 eV) due to the small band gap of CNT (0.6 eV). At short wavelength below Si band gap (<1000 nm), the absorbance of bSi-CNT shows average of 98.1%, while bSi shows 89.4%, which is because of high surface roughness of bSi-CNT that enhancing the light trapping. At long wavelength over Si band gap, the absorbance of bSi-CNT was maintained

SUBMITTER: Phan TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7049560 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature