RT Journal Article T1 Improved silicon surface passivation by hybrid composites formed by PEDOT:PSS with anatase TiO_2 nanoparticles A1 Vázquez López, Antonio A1 Yaseen, Anisa A1 Maestre Varea, David A1 Ramírez Castellanos, Julio A1 Karazhanov, Smagul Zh A1 Marstein, Erik S A1 Cremades Rodríguez, Ana Isabel AB In this work, hybrid composites formed by PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene):-polystyrene sulfonate) and anatase TiO_2 nanoparticles synthesized by hydrolysis were spin-coated on Si substrates in order to evaluate their potential implementation in Si-hybrid solar cells, based on their passivation behaviour. X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL), Raman spectroscopy, quasi-steady state photoconductance (QSS-PC) based on PL imaging, and Hall effect measurements were carried out for the structural, optical and electrical characterization. Enhanced carrier lifetime values of tau similar to 0.5 ms were obtained by adding a controlled amount of TiO_2 nanoparticles (0.5% wt.) to the PEDOT:PSS matrix. PB Elsevier SN 0167-577X YR 2020 FD 2020-07-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6394 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6394 LA eng NO ©2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reservedThis research was funded by the MINECO/FEDER/M-ERA.Net projects MAT-2015-65274-R/FEDER, RTI2018-097195-B-I00 and M-ERA.NET PCIN-2017-106. SZK, and ESM have received financial support from M-ERA.net project 272806 by the Research Council of Norway. NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/ FEDER NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/M-ERA.Net NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (MCIU) NO Consejo de Investigación de Noruega/M-ERA.Net DS Docta Complutense RD 18 jul 2024