Heterojunctions of carbon nanotubes interfaced with silicon respond to light illumination and can be operated in the power regime as solar cells. Very significant advances have been made in the last 5 years both in terms of headline performance values and in fundamental understanding of the underlying operating principles, as well as the sophistication of the devices and studies being reported. The body of literature is growing rapidly, and the latest power conversion efficiency and active area records have now reached over 17% and 2 cm², respectively. Thus, the authors believe that it is now a useful time for an evaluation of the current state‐of‐the‐art and challenges going forward, as well as for a comprehensively updated review of progress made in the field. In addition, the authors provide a summary of the various fabrication schemes that have been used, analysis of some of the major device structure–property relationships revealed by comparison of published works, and a thorough breakdown of the various factors involved in improving performance, as well as a critical assessment of the real opportunities that may exist for this technology in the context of the wider silicon photovoltaics industry.

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碳纳米管-硅异质结太阳能电池的研究进展

与硅交界的碳纳米管的异质结响应光照，可以在功率范围内作为太阳能电池运行。在过去五年中，无论是在标题性能值还是对基本操作原理的基本理解以及所报告的设备和研究的复杂性方面都取得了非常重大的进步。文献迅速发展，最新的功率转换效率和有效面积记录现已达到17％和2 cm ^2以上， 分别。因此，作者认为，现在是评估当前的最新技术水平和未来挑战以及全面更新该领域进展的有用时机。此外，作者提供了已使用的各种制造方案的摘要，通过比较已发表的作品揭示了一些主要的器件结构与性能之间的关系，并对改善性能所涉及的各种因素进行了详尽的分析。以及对更广泛的硅光伏产业背景下该技术可能存在的实际机会的严格评估。