Enhancing the efficiency of CdS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells via electrolyte engineering

Nano Energy

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-95

  Liao, Yulong ^a   Zhang, Jin ^b   Liu, Weiguo ^b   Que, Wenxiu ^c   Yin, Xingtian ^c   Zhang, Dainan ^d   Tang, Longhuang ^a   He, Weidong ^a   Zhong, Zhiyong ^a   Zhang, Huaiwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b XI'AN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Electrolyte; Polysulfide; Quantum dot; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CELL ENGINEERING; ELECTROLYTES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL COMPOSITION; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84910664872     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.09.034     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Tian J.J., Cao G.Z. Nano Rev. 2013, 4:22578.
2. Zaban A., Micic O.I., Gregg B.A., Nozik A.J. Langmuir 1998, 14:3153-3156.
3. Nozik A.J. Physica E 2002, 14:115-120.
4. McDaniel H., Fuke N., Makarov N.S., Pietryga J.M., Klimov V.I. Nat. Commun 2013, 4:2887.
5. Huang H., Pan L., Lim C.K., Gong H., Guo J., Tse M.S., Tan O.K. Small 2013, 9:3153-3160.
6. Tian J., Uchaker E., Zhang Q.F., Cao G.Z., Appl.ACS Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6:4466-4472.
7. Zhou R., Zhang Q.F., Uchaker E., Lan J., Yin M, Cao G.Z. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2:2517.
8. Zhang Q.X., Zhang Y.D., Huang S.Q., Huang X.M., Luo Y.H., Meng Q.B., Li D.M. Electrochem. Commun. 2010, 12:327.
9. Tian J.J., Zhang Q.F., Zhang L.L., Gao R., Shen L.F., Zhang S.G., Qu X.H., Cao G.Z. Nanoscale 2013, 5:936.
10. Chen J., Song J.L., Sun X.W., Deng W.Q., Jiang C.Y., Lei W., Huang J.H., Liu R.S. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 94:153115.
11. Tian J.J., Gao R., Zhang Q.F., Zhang S.G., Li Y.W., Lan J., Qu X.H., Cao G.Z. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116:18655-18662.
12. Lee Y.L., Huang B.M., Chien H.T. Chem. Mater. 2008, 20:6903-6905.
13. Nasr C., Hotchandani S., Kim W.Y., Schmehl R.H., Kamat P.V. J. Phys. Chem. B 1997, 101:7480-7487.
14. Niitsoo O., Sarkar S.K., Pejoux C., Ruhle S., Cahen D., Hodes G. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2006, 181:306-313.
15. Zhou R., Zhang Q.F., Uchaker E., Yang L., Yin N.Q., Chen Y.H., Yin M., Cao G.Z. Electrochim. Acta 2014, 135:284-292.
16. Vogel R., Hoyer P., Weller H. J. Phys. Chem. 1994, 98:3183.
17. Licht S. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 1995, 38:305.
18. Ohyama M., Kozuka H., Yoko T. Thin Solid Films 1997, 306:78-85.
19. Lee Y.L., Chang C.H. J. Power Sources 2008, 185:584-588.
20. Tak Y., Hong S.J., Lee J.S., Yong K. Cryst. Growth Des. 2009, 9:2627-2632.
21. Wang X.D., Song J.H., Li P., Ryou J.H., Dupuis R.D., Summers C.J., Wang Z.L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127:7920-7923.
22. Wei Y.G., Wu W.Z., Guo R., Yuan D.J., Das S.M., Wang Z.L. Nano Lett. 2010, 10:3414-3419.
23. Tak Y., Hong S.J., Lee J.S., Yong K. J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19:5945-5951.
24. Lee Y.L., Lo Y.S. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19:604.
25. Luther J.M., Beard M.C., Song Q., Law M., Ellingson R.J., Nozik A.J. Nano Lett. 2007, 7:1779.
26. Bang J.H., Kamat P.V. ACS Nano 2009, 3:1467.
27. Lee Y.L., Chang C.H. J. Power Sources 2008, 185:584-588.
28. Choi Y., Seol M., Kim W., Yong K. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118:5664-5670.
29. van de Lagemaat J., Park N.G., Frank A.J. J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104:2044-2052.
30. Papageorgiou N., Maier W.F., Grätzel M. J. Electrochem. Soc. 1997, 144:876-884.
31. Han L.Y., Koide N., Chiba Y., Mitate T. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 84:2433-2435.
32. Lee H.J., Chen P., Moon S.J., Sauvage F., Sivula K., Bessho T., Gamelin D.R., Comte P., Zakeeruddin S.M., Seok S.I., Grätzel M., Nazeeruddin M.K. Langmuir 2009, 25:7602.
33. A. B. Ellis, S. W. Kaiser, M. S. Wrighton, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 98 (1976) 1635.
34. Licht S. Nature 1987, 330:148.