Issue 24, 2013
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Nanoscale

Bio-inspired antireflective hetero-nanojunctions with enhanced photoactivity†

Dianpeng Qi,ab   Liyan Zheng,a   Xuebo Cao,a   Yueyue Jiang,a   Hongbo Xu,a   Yanyan Zhang,a   Bingjie Yang,a   Yinghui Sun,a   Huey Hoon Hng,a   Nan Lu,*b   Lifeng Chi*c  and  Xiaodong Chen*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
E-mail: chenxd@ntu.edu.sg

b State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, P. R. China
E-mail: luenan@jlu.edu.cn

c Physikalisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
E-mail: chi@uni-muenster.de

Abstract

A bio-inspired antireflective hetero-nanojunction structure has been fabricated by the hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods on silicon micro-pyramids. It has been shown that this structure suppresses light reflection more effectively resulting in a high photocurrent response and good charge separation simultaneously. The strategy provides a means to enhance solar energy conversion.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR04011A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Aug 2013
Accepted
24 Sep 2013
First published
27 Sep 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 12383-12387

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Bio-inspired antireflective hetero-nanojunctions with enhanced photoactivity

D. Qi, L. Zheng, X. Cao, Y. Jiang, H. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Yang, Y. Sun, H. H. Hng, N. Lu, L. Chi and X. Chen, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 12383 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04011A

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