Performances of some low-cost counter electrode materials in CDS and CDSE quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Jun, Hieng Kiat ^a   Careem, Mohamed Abdul ^a   Arof, Abdul Kariem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CdS; CdSe; Counter electrode; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC); Successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CARBON BASED MATERIALS; CDSE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODE MATERIALS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84897746805     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-69     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Jun HK, Careem MA, Arof AK: Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells-perspective and recent developments: a review of Cd chalcogenide quantum dots as sensitizers. Renew Sust Energ Rev 2013,22:148-167.
2. Kamat PV: Quantum dot solar cells: the next big thing in photovoltaics. J Phys Chem Lett 2013, 4:908-918.
3. Kamat PV: Quantum dot solar cells: semiconductor nanocrystals as light harvesters. J Phys Chem C2008, 112:18737-18753.
4. Ruhle S, Shalom M, Zaban A: Quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells. Chem PhysChem 2010, 11:2290-2304.
5. Yu W, Qu LH, Guo WZ, Peng XG: Experimental determination of the extinction coefficient of CdTe, CdSe and CdS nanocrystals. Chem Mater 2003, 15:2854-2860.
6. Tibtumtae A, Wu K-L, Tung H-Y, Lee M-W, Wang GJ: Ag2S quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. Electrochem Commun 2010, 12:1158-1160
7. Vogel R, Pohl K, Weller H: Sensitization of highly porous, polycrystalline TiO2 electrodes by quantum sized CdS. Chem Phys Lett 1990, 174:241-246
8. Robel I, Subramanian V, Kuno M, Kamat PV: Quantum dot solar cells: harvesting light energy with CdSe nanocrystals molecularly linked to mesoscopic TiO2 films. J Am Chem Soc 2006, 128:2385-2393
9. Plass R, Pelet S, Krueger J, Gratzel M, Bach U: Quantum dot sensitization of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells. J Phys Chem B 2002, 106:7578-7580
10. Chang J-Y, Su L-F, Li C-H, Chang C-C, Lin J-M: Efficient "green" quantum dot-sensitized solar cells based on Cu2S-CuInS2-ZnSe architecture. Chem Commun 2012,48:4848-4850.
11. Kim H-S, Lee J-W, Yantara N, Boix PP, Kulkarni SA, Mhaisalkar S, Gratzel M, Park N-G: High efficiency solid-state sensitized solar cell-based on submicrometer rutile TiO2 nanorod and CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite sensitizer. Nano Lett 2013,13:2412-2417.
12. Gratzel M: Conversion of sunlight to electric power by nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2004,164:3-14
13. Mora-Sero I, Bisguert J: Breakthroughs in the development of semiconductor-sensitized solar cells. J Phys Chem Lett 2010, 1:3046-3052
14. Kiyogana T, Akita T, Tada H: Au nanoparticle electrocatalysis in photoelectrochemical solar cell using CdS quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 photoelectrodes. Chem Commun 2009, 15:2011-2013.
15. Shen Q, Yamada A, Tamura S, Toyoda T: CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cell employing TiO2 nanotube working-electrode and Cu2S counter-electrode. Appl Phys Lett 2010, 97:123107.
16. Radich JG, Dwyer R, Kamat PV Cu2S reduced graphene oxide composite for high-efficiency quantum dot solar cells: overcoming the redox limitations of S2/Sn- at the counter electrode. J Phys Chem Lett 2011, 2:2453-2460
17. Tachibana Y, Umekita K, Otsuka Y, Kuwabata S: Performance improvement of CdS quantum dots sensitized TiO2 solar cells by introducing a dense TiO2 blocking layer. J Phys D Appl Phys 2008, 41:102002.
18. Lee HJ, Wang M, Chen P, Gamelin DR, Zakeeruddin SM, Gratzel M, Nazeeruddin MK: Efficient CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells prepared by an improved successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction process. Nano Lett 2009, 9:4221-4227.
19. Gimenez S, Mora-Sero I, Macor L, Guijarro N, Lana-Villarreal T, Gomez R, Diguna LJ, Shen Q, Toyota T, Bisquert J: Improving the performance of colloidal quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells. Nanotechnology 2009, 20:295204.
20. Lee Y-L, Chang C-H: Efficient polysulfide electrolyte for CdS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. J Power Sources 2008, 185:584-588.
21. Jun HK, Careem MA, Arof AK: A suitable electrolyte for CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. Int J Photoenerg 2013, 942139:10.
22. Yu Z, Zhang Q, Qin D, Luo Y, Li D, Shen Q, Toyota T, Meng Q: Highly efficient quasi-solid-state quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell based on hydrogel electrolytes. Electrochem Commun 2010, 12:327-330.
23. Huang X, Huang S, Zhang Q, Guo X, Li D, Luo Y, Shen Q, Toyota T, Meng Q: A flexible photoelectrode for CdS/CdSe quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). Chem Commun 2010, 47:2664-2666.
24. Gonzalez-Pedro V, Xu X, Mora-Sero I, Bisquert J: Modeling high-efficiency quantum dot sensitized solar cells. ACS Nano 2010, 4:5783-5790.
25. Wang Q, Moser J-E, Gratzel M: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis of dye-sensitized solar cells. J Phys Chem B 2005, 109:14945-14953.
26. Fabregat-Santiago F, Bisquert J, Garcia-Belmonte G, Boschloo G, Hagfeldt A: Influence of electrolyte in transport and recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells studied by impedance spectroscopy. Solar Energy Mater Solar Cells 2005, 87:117-131.
27. Mora-Sero I, Gimenez S, Moehl T, Fabregat-Santiago F, Lana-Villareal T, Gomez R, Bisquert J: 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 2008, 19:424007.
28. Deng M, Zhang Q, Huang S, Li D, Luo Y, Shen Q, Toyoda T, Meng Q: Low-cost flexible nano-sulfide/carbon composite counter electrode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell. Nanoscale Res Lett 2010, 5:986-990.