Supersensitization of CdS quantum dots with a near-infrared organic dye: Toward the design of panchromatic hybrid-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 9238-9245

  Choi, Hyunbong ^a   Nicolaescu, Roxana ^a   Paek, Sanghyun ^b   Ko, Jaejung ^b   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CdS; photocurrent generation; photosensitization; pulse radiolysis; quantum dot solar cells; squaraine dye; transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CDS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SQUARAINES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXCITED STATES; INFRARED DEVICES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COLORING AGENT; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; SQUARAINE; SULFIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; INFRARED RADIATION; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLOR; COLORING AGENTS; CYCLOBUTANES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; INFRARED RAYS; PHENOLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES;

EID: 81855177295     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2035022     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Kamat, P. V. Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Light Harvesters J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 18737-18753
2. Kamat, P. V.; Tvrdy, K.; Baker, D. R.; Radich, J. G. Beyond Photovoltaics: Semiconductor Nanoarchitectures for Liquid Junction Solar Cells Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6664-6688
3. Nozik, A. J. Quantum Dot Solar Cells Physica E 2002, 14, 115-120 (Pubitemid 34661638)
4. 2 Solar Cells Sensitized with InAs Quantum Dots J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 25451-25454 (Pubitemid 46196852)
5. Hodes, G. Comparison of Dye- and Semiconductor-Sensitized Porous Nanocrystalline Liquid Junction Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17778-17787
6. Mora-Sero, I.; Bisquert, J. Breakthroughs in the Development of Semiconductor Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 3046-3052
7. Palomares, E.; Martinez-Ferrero, E.; Albero, J. Materials, Nanomorphology and Interfacial Charge Transfer Reactions in Quantum Dot/Polymer Solar Cell Devices J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 3039-3045
8. 2 Architecture J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 4007-4015 (Pubitemid 351429869)
9. 2 Nanoparticles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4136-4137 (Pubitemid 46595417)
10. 2-Nanobelt Nanohybrids via Quantum Confinement J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1030-1035
11. Choi, J. J.; Lim, Y.-F.; Santiago-Berrios, M. E. B.; Oh, M.; Hyun, B.-R.; Sun, L.; Bartnik, A. C.; Goedhart, A.; Malliaras, G. G.; Abruna, H. C. D. PbSe Nanocrystal Excitonic Solar Cells Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 3749-3755
12. Pandey, A.; Guyot-Sionnest, P. Hot Electron Extraction from Colloidal Quantum Dots J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 45-47
13. Tisdale, W. A.; Williams, K. J.; Timp, B. A.; Norris, D. J.; Aydil, E. S.; Zhu, X. Y. Hot-Electron Transfer from Semiconductor Nanocrystals Science 2010, 328, 1543-1547
14. Sambur, J. B.; Novet, T.; Parkinson, B. A. Multiple Exciton Collection in a Sensitized Photovoltaic System Science 2010, 330, 63-66
15. Schaller, R. D.; Sykora, M.; Jeong, S.; Klimov, V. I. High-Efficiency Carrier Multiplication and Ultrafast Charge Separation in Semiconductor Nanocrystals Studied via Time-Resolved Photoluminescence J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 25332-25338 (Pubitemid 46196839)
16. Beard, M. C.; Knutsen, K. P.; Yu, P. R.; Luther, J. M.; Song, Q.; Metzger, W. K.; Ellingson, R. J.; Nozik, A. J. Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 2506-2512 (Pubitemid 47310153)
17. Beard, M. C. Multiple Exciton Generation in Semiconductor Quantum Dots J. Phys.Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1282-1288
18. 2 Sensitized Solar Cells Langmuir 2009, 25, 5348-5351
19. 2 Nanotubes J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 17967-17972
20. Bang, J. H.; Kamat, P. V. Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells. A Tale of Two Semiconductor Nanocrystals: CdSe and CdTe ACS Nano 2009, 3, 1467-1476
21. Lee, H. J.; Yum, J. H.; Leventis, H. C.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Haque, S. A.; Chen, P.; Seok, S. I.; Gratzel, M.; Nazeeruddin, M. K. CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Exceeding Efficiency 1% at Full-Sun Intensity J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 11600-11608
22. Wang, G. M.; Yang, X. Y.; Qian, F.; Zhang, J. Z.; Li, Y. Double-Sided CdS and CdSe Quantum Dot Co-Sensitized ZnO Nanowire Arrays for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 1088-1092
23. Breus, V. V.; Heyes, C. D.; Nienhaus, G. U. Quenching of CdSe-ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dot Luminescence by Water-Soluble Thiolated Ligands J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 18589-18594
24. 2 Nanotube Array Photoelectrodes Cosensitized with CdS/CdSe Quantum Dots. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 96, art. no. 153104.
25. Lee, H.; Leventis, H. C.; Moon, S. J.; Chen, P.; Ito, S.; Haque, S. A.; Torres, T.; Nuesch, F.; Geiger, T.; Zakeeruddin, S. M. PbS and CdS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solid-State Solar Cells: "Old Concepts, New Results Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 2735-2742
26. Fuke, N.; Hoch, L. B.; Koposov, A. Y.; Manner, V. W.; Werder, D. J.; Fukui, A.; Koide, N.; Katayama, H.; Sykora, M. CdSe Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cell with ∼100% Internal Quantum Efficiency ACS Nano 2010, 4, 6377-6386
27. 3-Based Mesoscopic Solar Cell using an Organic Hole Conductor J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1524-1527
28. 2-) in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9607-9615
29. Tvrdy, K.; Frantszov, P.; Kamat, P. V. Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Semiconductor Quantum Dots to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011, 108, 29-34
30. Lee, H. J.; Chen, P.; Moon, S. J.; Sauvage, F.; Sivula, K.; Bessho, T.; Gamelin, D. R.; Comte, P.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Il Seok, S. Regenerative PbS and CdS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with a Cobalt Complex as Hole Mediator Langmuir 2009, 25, 7602-7608
31. 2 Inverse Opal Solar Cells. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, Article No. 023116
32. Shen, Q.; Kobayashi, J.; Diguna, L. J.; Toyoda, T. Effect of ZnS Coating on the Photovoltaic Properties of CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells. J. Appl. Phys. 2008, 103, Article No. 084304.
33. Barea, E. M.; Shalom, M.; Giménez, S.; Hod, I.; Mora-Seró, I. n.; Zaban, A.; Bisquert, J. Design of Injection and Recombination in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6834-6839
34. Gonzalez-Pedro, V.; Xu, X.; Mora-Sero, I.; Bisquert, J. Modeling High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2010, 4, 5783-5790
35. Pattantyus-Abraham, A. G.; Kramer, I. J.; Barkhouse, A. R.; Wang, X.; Konstantatos, G.; Debnath, R.; Levina, L.; Raabe, I.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Gratzel, M. Depleted-Heterojunction Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells ACS Nano 2010, 4, 3374-3380
36. Chang, J. A.; Rhee, J. H.; Im, S. H.; Lee, Y. H.; Kim, H.-j.; Seok, S. I.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Gratzel, M. High-Performance Nanostructured Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction Solar Cells Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 2609-2612
37. 2- at the Counter Electrode J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 2453-2460
38. Alstrum-Acevedo, J. H.; Brennaman, M. K.; Meyer, T. J. Chemical Approaches to Artificial Photosynthesis Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 6802-6827
39. Graetzel, M. Recent Advances in Sensitized Mesoscopic Solar Cells Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1788-1798
40. Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G.; Sun, L.; Kloo, L.; Pettersson, H. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663
41. 2 Films. J. Phys Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 262-269
42. Meyer, G. J.; Rowley, J.; Farnum, B.; Ardo, S. Making and Breaking I-I Bonds for Solar Energy Conversion J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 3132-3140
43. 2 Additions on Iodide Transport in Polymer Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Reduced Pair Formation versus a Grotthuss-Like Mechanism J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 2088-2093
44. Shalom, M.; Albero, J.; Tachan, Z.; Martinez-Ferrero, E.; Zaban, A.; Palomares, E. Quantum Dot-Dye Bilayer-Sensitized Solar Cells: Breaking the Limits Imposed by the Low Absorbance of Dye Monolayers J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1134-1138
45. Buhbut, S.; Itzhakov, S.; Tauber, E.; Shalom, M.; Hod, I.; Geiger, T.; Garini, Y.; Oron, D.; Zaban, A. Built-in Quantum Dot Antennas in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2010, 4, 1293-1298
46. Ko, J.; Paek, S.; Choi, H.; Kim, C.; Cho, N.; So, S.; Song, K.; Nazeeruddin, M. K. Efficient and Stable Panchromatic Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 2874-2876
47. 2 Films: Free Energy vs Distance Dependence J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5225-5233 (Pubitemid 38509478)
48. 3 Layers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8259-8263
49. 60 Cluster as an Electron Shuttle in a Ru(II)-Polypyridyl Sensitizer Based Photochemical Solar Cell J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 5166-5170
50. Alfassi, Z. B.; Mosseri, S.; Neta, P. Reactivities of Chlorine Atoms and Peroxyl Radicals Formed in the Radiolysis of Dichloromethane J. Phys. Chem. 1989, 93, 1380-1385
51. Ushida, K.; Yoshida, Y.; Kozawa, T.; Tagawa, S.; Kira, A. Evidence of oxidation of aromatic Hydrocarbons by Chloromethyl Radicals: Reinvestigation of Intersolute Hole Transfer using Pulse Radiolysis J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 4680-4689 (Pubitemid 129570990)
52. Kamat, P. V.; Das, S.; Thomas, K. G.; George, M. V. Photochemistry of Squaraine Dyes. 1. Excited Singlet, Triplet, and Redox States of Bis[4- (dimethylamino)phenyl]squaraine and bis[4-(dimethylamino)-2-hydroxyphenyl] squaraine J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 195-199
53. Patrick, B.; George, M. V.; Kamat, P. V.; Das, S.; Thomas, K. G. Photochemistry of Squaraine Dyes. 2. Excited States and Reduced and Oxidized Forms of 4-(4-Acetyl-3,5- dimethylpyrrolium-2-ylidene)-2-(4-acetyl-3,5- dimethylpyrrol-2-yl)-3-oxocyclobut-1-en-1-olate J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1992, 88, 671-676
54. Sauve, G.; Kamat, P. V.; Thomas, K. G.; Thomas, J.; Das, S.; George, M. V. Photochemistry of Squaraine Dyes: Excited Triplet State and Redox Properties of Crown Ether Squaraines J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 2117-2124 (Pubitemid 126834677)
55. Feldt, S. M.; Gibson, E. A.; Gabrielsson, E.; Sun, L.; Boschloo, G.; Hagfeldt, A. Design of Organic Dyes and Cobalt Polypyridine Redox Mediators for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16714-16724