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    Communication: Enhancement of dopant dependent x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy peak shifts of Si by surface photovoltage
    (2011) Sezen, H.; Süzer, Şefik
    Binding energies measured by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are influenced by doping, since electrons are transferred to (p-type) and from (n-type) samples when they are introduced into the spectrometer, or brought into contact with each other (p-n junction). We show that the barely measurable Si2p binding energy difference between moderately doped n- and p-Si samples can be enhanced by photoillumination, due to reduction in surface band-bending, which otherwise screens this difference. Similar effects are also measured for samples containing oxide layers, since the band-bending at the buried oxide-Si interfaces is manifest as photovoltage shifts, although XPS does not probe the interface directly. The corresponding shift for the oxide layer of the p-Si is almost twice that of without the oxide, whereas no measurable shifts are observable for the oxide of the n-Si. These results are all related to band-bending effects and are vital in design and performance of photovoltaics and other related systems.
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    Photovoltaic nanopillar radial junction diode architecture enhanced by integrating semiconductor quantum dot nanocrystals as light harvesters
    (American Institute of Physics, 2010-09-03) Güzeltürk, B.; Mutlugün, E.; Wang, X.; Pey, K. L.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
    We propose and demonstrate colloidal quantum dot hybridized, radial p-n junction based, nanopillar solar cells with photovoltaic performance enhanced by intimately integrating nanocrystals to serve as light harvesting agents around the light trapping pillars. By furnishing Si based nanopillar photovoltaic diodes with CdSe quantum dots, we experimentally showed up to sixfold enhancement in UV responsivity and ∼13% enhancement in overall solar conversion efficiency. The maximum responsivity enhancement achieved by incorporation of nanocrystals in the nanopillar architecture is found to be spectrally more than four times larger than the responsivity enhancement obtained using planar architecture of the same device.