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Abstract: This paper reports the effects of interfacial modification on the performance of the inverted hybrid solar cells consisting of P3HT as an electron donor and CdS nanoporous film as an electron acceptor. The device performance can be enhanced by grafting N719 dye molecules onto the surface of CdS. By optimizing the P3HT thickness, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the CdS/N719/P3HT hybrid solar cell is increased to 1.06% from 0.06% of the CdS/P3HT hybrid solar cell, with a champion device efficiency of 1.31% under AM1.5G of 100mW/cm2 intensity. It is revealed that the interface modification by N719 dye can promote exciton dissociation between the two components, reduce interfacial charge recombination, and form a dipole layer at the interface that modulated the interface energy level, which enhances the open circuit voltage and short circuit current coinstantaneously. This work may provide a general method to achieve high performance organic–inorganic hybrid solar cells by interfacial modification. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The light trapping performance of Si nanowire with different inclination angles were systematically studied by COMSOL Multiphysics. The inclined nanowires with inclination angles smaller than 60° show greater light trapping ability than their counterparts of the vertical nanowires. The Si solar cell with the inclined nanowires of the optimal parameters, whose θ =30°, P =400 nm, D =140 nm, can achieve a 32.395 mA/cm 2 short circuit photocurrent density and a 35.655% conversion efficiency. The study of the inclined nanowire provides an effective way for further utilization of the incoming light. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]