Micro-Raman, photoluminescence and photocurrent studies on the photostability of quantum dot sensitized photoanodes

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 275, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-133

  Sfaelou, Stavroula ^a   Kontos, Athanassios G ^b   Falaras, Polycarpos ^b   Lianos, Panagiotis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cu2S; Photoluminescence; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells; Raman; TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890822705     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. T. Loucka Adsorption and oxidation of organic compounds on a platinum electrode partly covered by adsorbed sulphur J. Electroanal. Chem. Interf. Electrochem. 36 1972 355 367
2. 2S Reduced graphene oxide composite for high-efficiency quantum dot solar cells. overcoming the redox limitations of S 2 - / S n 2 - at the counter electrode J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2 2011 2453 2460
3. I. Mora-Seró, S. Giménez, T. Moehl, F. Fabregat-Santiago, T. Lana-Villareal, R. Gómez, and J. Bisquert Factors determining the photovoltaic performance of a CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell: the role of the linker molecule and of the counter electrode Nanotechnology 19 2008 424007
4. I. Mora-Seró, and J. Bisquert Breakthroughs in the development of semiconductor-sensitized solar cells J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1 2010 3046 3052
5. 2 substrates J. Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem. 164 2004 75 80
6. W. Shockley, and H.J. Queisser Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells J. Appl. Phys. 32 3 1961 510 519
7. J.B. Sambur, T. Novet, and B.A. Parkinson Multiple exciton collection in a sensitized photovoltaic system Science 330 2010 63 66
8. N. Balis, V. Dracopoulos, K. Bourikas, and P. Lianos Quantum dot sensitized solar cells based on an optimized combination of ZnS, CdS and CdSe with CoS and CuS counter electrodes Electrochim. Acta 91 2013 246 252
9. 2 photoelectrodes Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 2011 4659 4667
10. 2 nanotube arrays by CdS/CdSe/ZnS quantum dots co-modification J. Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem. 224 2011 25 30
11. P. Lianos Production of electricity and hydrogen by photocatalytic degradation of organic wastes in a photoelectrochemical cell. the concept of the photofuelcell: a review of a re-emerging research field J. Hazard. Mater. 185 2011 575 590
12. W.K. Bae, J. Joo, L.A. Padilha, J. Won, D.C. Lee, Q. Lin, W.K. Koh, H. Luo, V.I. Klimov, and J.M. Pietryga Highly effective surface passivation of PbSe quantum dots through reaction with molecular chlorine J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 2012 20160 20168
13. Y. Tan, S. Jin, and R.J. Hamers Influence of hole-sequestering ligands on the photostability of CdSe quantum dots J. Phys. Chem. C 117 2013 313 320
14. S. Ruhle, S. Yahav, S. Greenwald, and A. Zaban Importance of recombination at the TCO/electrolyte Interface for high efficiency quantum dot sensitized solar cells J. Phys. Chem. C 116 2012 17473 17478
15. H.M. Pathan, and C.D. Lokhande Deposition of metal chalcogenide thin films by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method Bull. Mater. Sci. 27 2004 85 111
16. S. Gorer, and G. Hodes Quantum size effects in the study of chemical solution deposition mechanisms of semiconductor films J.Phys.Chem. 98 1994 5338 5346
17. S. Giménez, I. Mora-Seró, L. Macor, N. Guijarro, T. Lana-Villarreal, R. Gómez, L.J. Diguna, Q. Shen, T. Toyoda, and J. Bisquert Improving the performance of colloidal quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells Nanotechnology 20 2009 295204
18. A.G. Kontos, V. Likodimos, E. Vassalou, I. Kapogianni, Y.S. Raptis, C. Raptis, and P. Falaras Nanostructured titania films sensitized by quantum dot chalcogenides Nanoscale Res. Lett. 6 2011 266
19. 2 electrodes J. Phys. Chem. C 114 2010 6755 6761
20. A.V. Baranov, Y.P. Rakovich, J.F. Donegan, T.S. Perova, R.A. Moore, D.V. Talapin, A.L. Rogach, Y. Masumoto, and I. Nabiev Effect of ZnS shell thickness on the phonon spectra in CdSe quantum dots Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 68 2003 165306
21. V.M. Dzhagan, M.Y. Valakh, A.E. Raevskaya, A.L. Stroyuk, S.Y. Kuchmiy, and D.R.T. Zahn Resonant Raman scattering study of CdSe nanocrystals passivated with CdS and ZnS Nanotechnology 18 2007 285701 285708
22. 1-xSe nanocables: band gap engineering and photovoltaic applications Nano Lett. 11 2011 4138 4143
23. T. Orii, S.I. Kaito, K. Matsuishi, S. Onari, and T. Arai Photoluminescence of CdS nanoparticles suspended in vacuum and its temperature increase by laser irradiation J. Phys. Condens. Matter 14 2002 9743 9752 (Pubitemid 35263836)
24. 2 mesoporous films by SILAR method J. Nanopart. Res. 14 2012 1140 1153
25. N. Guijarro, J.M. Campina, Q. Shen, T. Toyoda, T. Lana-Villarreal, and R. Gómez Uncovering the role of the ZnS treatment in the performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 2011 12024 12032
26. E. Rabinovich, and G. Hodes Effective bandgap lowering of CdS deposited by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction J. Phys. Chem. C 117 2013 1611 1620