Effect of Al2O3 recombination barrier layers deposited by atomic layer deposition in solid-state CdS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5584-5592

  Roelofs, Katherine E ^a   Brennan, Thomas P ^a   Dominguez, Juan C ^a   Bailie, Colin D ^a   Margulis, George Y ^a,b   Hoke, Eric T ^a,b   McGehee, Michael D ^a   Bent, Stacey F ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON LIFETIME; HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; THIN BARRIER LAYERS; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POWER QUALITY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 84875459048     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311846r     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. 2 Films Nature 1991, 353, 737-740
2. -)-Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12% Efficiency Science 2011, 334, 629-634
3. Nozik, A. J. Quantum Dot Solar Cells Physica E 2002, 14, 115-120
4. Kamat, P. V. Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Light Harvesters J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 18737-18753
5. Mora-Seró, I.; Bisquert, J. Breakthroughs in the Development of Semiconductor-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 3046-3052
6. Rühle, S.; Shalom, M.; Zaban, A. Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells ChemPhysChem 2010, 11, 2290-2304
7. Plass, R.; Pelet, S.; Krueger, J.; Grätzel, M.; Bach, U. Quantum Dot Sensitization of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 7578-7580
8. 2 Substrates J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2004, 164, 75-80
9. Weller, H. Quantized Semiconductor Particles: A Novel State of Matter for Materials Science Adv. Mater. 1993, 5, 88-95
10. Peter, L. M. The Grätzel Cell: Where Next? J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1861-1867
11. Moreels, I.; Lambert, K.; Smeets, D.; De Muynck, D.; Nollet, T.; Martins, J.; Vanhaecke, F.; Vantomme, A.; Delerue, C.; Allan, G. Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots ACS Nano 2009, 3, 3023-3030
12. 2 Inverse Opal Solar Cells Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 023116-023113
13. 2 Solar Cells J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2006, 181, 306-313
14. 2 Nanostructures with CdS Quantum Dots: Particulate Versus Tubular Support Architectures Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 805-811
15. Ardalan, P.; Brennan, T. P.; Lee, H.-B.-R.; Bakke, J. R.; Ding, I. K.; McGehee, M. D.; Bent, S. F. Effects of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Solid-State CdS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2011, 5, 1495-1504
16. Lévy-Clément, C.; Tena-Zaera, R.; Ryan, M. A.; Katty, A.; Hodes, G. CdSe-Sensitized p-CuSCN/Nanowire n-ZnO Heterojunctions Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 1512-1515
17. Brennan, T. P.; Ardalan, P.; Lee, H.-B.-R.; Bakke, J. R.; Ding, I. K.; McGehee, M. D.; Bent, S. F. Atomic Layer Deposition of CdS Quantum Dots for Solid-State Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Energy Mater. 2011, 1, 1169-1175
18. Dasgupta, N. P.; Jung, H. J.; Trejo, O.; McDowell, M. T.; Hryciw, A.; Brongersma, M.; Sinclair, R.; Prinz, F. B. Atomic Layer Deposition of Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots on Nanowire Surfaces Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 934-940
19. 2 Solar Cells with High Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiencies Nature 1998, 395, 583-585
20. 2 Solar Cells: Comparison of Electrolyte and Solid-State Devices J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 3556-3564
21. Snaith, H. J.; Schmidt-Mende, L. Advances in Liquid-Electrolyte and Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 3187-3200
22. Ding, I. K.; Tétreault, N.; Brillet, J.; Hardin, B. E.; Smith, E. H.; Rosenthal, S. J.; Sauvage, F.; Grätzel, M.; McGehee, M. D. Pore-Filling of Spiro-OMeTAD in Solid-State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Quantification, Mechanism, and Consequences for Device Performance Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 2431-2436
23. Melas-Kyriazi, J.; Ding, I. K.; Marchioro, A.; Punzi, A.; Hardin, B. E.; Burkhard, G. F.; Tétreault, N.; Grätzel, M.; Moser, J.-E.; McGehee, M. D. The Effect of Hole Transport Material Pore Filling on Photovoltaic Performance in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Energy Mater. 2011, 1, 407-414
24. Bakke, J. R.; Pickrahn, K. L.; Brennan, T. P.; Bent, S. F. Nanoengineering and Interfacial Engineering of Photovoltaics by Atomic Layer Deposition Nanoscale 2011, 3, 3482-3508
25. 3 Recombination Barrier Layers Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 12130-12140
26. Son, H.-J.; Wang, X.; Prasittichai, C.; Jeong, N. C.; Aaltonen, T.; Gordon, R. G.; Hupp, J. T. Glass-Encapsulated Light Harvesters: More Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Deposition of Self-Aligned, Conformal, and Self-Limited Silica Layers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9537-9540
27. Hod, I.; González-Pedro, V.; Tachan, Z.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.; Mora-Seró, I. n.; Bisquert, J.; Zaban, A. Dye Versus Quantum Dots in Sensitized Solar Cells: Participation of Quantum Dot Absorber in the Recombination Process J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 3032-3035
28. 2 Coating J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 3895-3898
29. 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, 084304-084305
30. Choi, H.; Nicolaescu, R.; Paek, S.; Ko, J.; Kamat, P. V. Supersensitization of CdS Quantum Dots with a Near-Infrared Organic Dye: Toward the Design of Panchromatic Hybrid-Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2011, 5, 9238-9245
31. Haque, S. A.; Palomares, E.; Cho, B. M.; Green, A. N. M.; Hirata, N.; Klug, D. R.; Durrant, J. R. Charge Separation Versus Recombination in Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells: The Minimization of Kinetic Redundancy J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3456-3462
32. 2 and Its Impact on N3 Dye Adsorption from First Principles J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 9250-9259
33. 3 Charge-Recombination Barrier Formed by Low-Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 2999-3003
34. Leijtens, T.; Ding, I. K.; Giovenzana, T.; Bloking, J. T.; McGehee, M. D.; Sellinger, A. Hole Transport Materials with Low Glass Transition Temperatures and High Solubility for Application in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2012, 6, 1455-1462
35. Spanhel, L.; Haase, M.; Weller, H.; Henglein, A. Photochemistry of Colloidal Semiconductors. 20. Surface Modification and Stability of Strong Luminescing CdS Particles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 5649-5655
36. Snaith, H. J.; Humphry-Baker, R.; Chen, P.; Cesar, I.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. Charge Collection and Pore Filling in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 424003
37. Shen, H.; Lin, H.; Liu, Y.; Li, J.; Oron, D. Study of Quantum Dot/Inorganic Layer/Dye Molecule Sandwich Structure for Electrochemical Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 15185-15191
38. Lee, H.; Wang, M.; Chen, P.; Gamelin, D. R.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M.; Nazeeruddin, M. K. Efficient CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by an Improved Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction Process Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 4221-4227
39. 2/CdS/CdSe Sensitized Solar Cells Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 4633-4638
40. Martinez-Ferrero, E.; Sero, I. M.; Albero, J.; Gimenez, S.; Bisquert, J.; Palomares, E. Charge Transfer Kinetics in CdSe Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 2819-2821
41. 2 Films in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Charge Density, Band Edge Shifts, and Quantification of Recombination Losses at Short Circuit J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 14001-14010
42. Ondersma, J. W.; Hamann, T. W. Impedance Investigation of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Outer-Sphere Redox Shuttles J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 638-645
43. Antila, L. J.; Heikkilä, M. J.; Mäkinen, V.; Humalamäki, N.; Laitinen, M.; Linko, V.; Jalkanen, P.; Toppari, J.; Aumanen, V.; Kemell, M. ALD Grown Aluminum Oxide Submonolayers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Effect on Interfacial Electron Transfer and Performance J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 16720-16729
44. 2/Dye/ CuSCN Photovoltaic Cells Explored by Recombination and DOS Characterization Using Transient Photovoltage Measurements J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 4616-4623
45. 2 Solar Cells: A Study by Electrical Impedance and Optical Modulation Techniques J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 2044-2052
46. 2 Infiltrated with Spiro-MeOTAD Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 3643-3647
47. Bisquert, J.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.; Mora-Seró, I.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.; Giménez, S. Electron Lifetime in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Theory and Interpretation of Measurements J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 17278-17290