title: Graphenized carbon nanofiber: a novel light-trapping and conductive material to achieve an efficiency breakthrough in silicon solar cells.
abstract: An innovative 1D material--graphenized carbon nanofiber--is designed and synthesized. The nanofiber exhibits superior light-scattering properties, ultralow absorption loss, and high electrical conductivity, and enables a wide range of applications. Simply integrating the nanofibers with the state-of-the-art silicon solar cells leads to a leaping efficiency boost of 3.8%, almost five times higher than the current world record.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Baohua
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Boyuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Ze
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaodan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gu
keywords: conductive; graphenized carbon nanofiber; light trapping; plasmonic nanoparticle; solar cell