Electricity Generation from Atmospheric Moisture Using a CdS/p-Si Nanowire Hetero-Junction Device

Rinki Aggarwal; Avshish Kumar; Hrishikesh Dhasmana; Abhishek Verma; Vinod K. Jain; Sucheta Sengupta

doi:10.1002/cnma.202200279

Electricity Generation from Atmospheric Moisture Using a CdS/p-Si Nanowire Hetero-Junction Device

Rinki Aggarwal, Avshish Kumar, Hrishikesh Dhasmana, Abhishek Verma, Vinod K. Jain, Sucheta Sengupta

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One-dimensional heterojunction devices are gaining attention because of improved carrier collection which results in improving the overall efficiency of a device. Herein, we report the synthesis of a CdS/p-Si nanowire (NW) hetero-junction device by wet-chemical methods and their potential application for electricity generation from atmospheric moisture. A single CdS/p-Si NWs hetero-junction based moisture enabled electricity generator (MEG) device exhibits a saturated maximum output voltage in the range of 250–300 mV and a saturation current of ∼0.2 μA in presence of humid conditions. This primitive module acts as a promising candidate for future energy generation devices constituting of individual units connected either through simple series or parallel connection to scale up high electrical power.

Original language	English
Article number	e202200279
Journal	ChemNanoMat
Volume	8
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202200279
State	Published - 1 Oct 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CdS nanoparticles
Si nanowire
electricity generation
heterojunction
humidity

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Biomaterials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Materials Chemistry

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