Back Cover: Application of Polymer Interlayers in Silicon–Carbon Nanotube Heterojunction Solar Cells (ChemNanoMat 2/2015)

Solar Cells. Energy is the single most pressing issue facing humanity, with a more technologically advanced society requiring greater energy resources. Solar power represents the obvious solution to provide this energy. In their Full Paper on page 115, which is featured on the back cover, Joseph G. Shapter and co-workers present Si-CNT heterojunction solar cells that are an alternative to conventional silicon devices, in which the p-type silicon layer is replaced by deposition of a transparent CNT film. This article examines polymers as a conducting interlayer within the Si-CNT heterojunction to improve device efficiency.