Graphite distributed electrodes for diamond-based photon-enhanced thermionic emission solar cells
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Graphite conductive vertical microchannels, fabricated by femtosecond laser treatment, are proposed as distributed electrodes in defect-engineered ("black") single-crystal diamond cathodes for innovative solar cells. Energy conversion is based on photon-enhanced thermionic emission, where the reduction of the cathode series resistance is crucial to preserve conversion efficiency. Process yield higher than 80% and resistivity as low as 0.75 Ohm cm were achieved by the optimization of laser parameters and the use of a multi-pass writing technique. A 100x100 array of graphite electrodes was integrated in a diamond-based cathode prototype, reducing the series resistance of more than 10 orders of magnitude with respect to bulk diamond.
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OpenAlex topics: Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications · Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
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