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Nanowire-based photovoltaic devices have the advantages over planar devices in light absorption and charge transport and collection. Recently, a new strategy relying on type-II band alignment has been proposed to facilitate efficient charge separation in core/shell nanowire solar cells. This paper reviews the type-II heterojunction solar cells based on core/shell nanowire arrays, and specifically focuses on the progress of theoretical design and fabrication of type-II ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire-based solar cells. A strong photoresponse associated with the type-II interfacial transition exhibits a threshold of 1.6 eV, which demonstrates the feasibility and great potential for exploring all-inorganic versions of type-II heterojunction solar cells using wide bandgap semiconductors. Future prospects in this area are also outlooked.
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Cao, Y., Wu, Z., Ni, J. et al. Type-II Core/Shell Nanowire Heterostructures and Their Photovoltaic Applications. Nano-Micro Lett. 4, 135–141 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353704
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