Carbon Counter-Electrode-Based Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells with Certified Efficiency Exceeding 11%

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 3103-3111

  Du, Zhonglin ^a   Pan, Zhenxiao ^a   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^b   Zhao, Ke ^a   Long, Donghui ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhao, Yixin ^c   Zhong, Xinhua ^a   Yu, Jong Sung ^d   Bisquert, Juan ^b,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPPER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MESH GENERATION; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSULFIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON COUNTER ELECTRODES; CONFINED AREAS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; MESOPOROUS CARBON; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; REDOX POTENTIALS; SUBMILLIMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84983334880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01356     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Carey, G. H.; Abdelhady, A. L.; Ning, Z. J.; Thon, S. M.; Bakr, O. M.; Sargent, E. H. Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 12732-12763 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00063
2. Semonin, O. E.; Luther, J. M.; Choi, S.; Chen, H.-Y.; Gao, J.; Nozik, A. J.; Beard, M. C. Peak External Photocurrent Quantum Efficiency Exceeding 100% via MEG in a Quantum Dot Solar Cell Science 2011, 334, 1530-1533 10.1126/science.1209845
3. Sargent, E. H. Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells Nat. Photonics 2012, 6, 133-135 10.1038/nphoton.2012.33
4. Kamat, P. V. Boosting the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells through Modulation of Interfacial Charge Transfer Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 1906-1915 10.1021/ar200315d
5. Wang, J.; Mora-Seró, I.; Pan, Z. X.; Zhao, K.; Zhang, H.; Feng, Y. Y.; Yang, G.; Zhong, X. H.; Bisquert, J. Core/Shell Colloidal Quantum Dot Exciplex States for the Development of Highly Efficient Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 15913-15922 10.1021/ja4079804
6. Lee, J.-W.; Son, D.-Y.; Ahn, T. K.; Shin, H.-W.; Kim, I. Y.; Hwang, S.-J.; Ko, M. J.; Sul, S.; Han, H.; Park, N.-G. Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cell with Unprecedentedly High Photocurrent Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1050 10.1038/srep01050
7. 1-x Alloyed Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with More than 6% Efficiency and High Stability ACS Nano 2013, 7, 5215-5222 10.1021/nn400947e
8. Kim, J.-Y.; Yang, J.; Yu, J. H.; Baek, W.; Lee, C.-H.; Son, H. J.; Hyeon, T.; Ko, M. J. Highly Efficient Copper-Indium-Selenide Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Suppression of Carrier Recombination by Controlled ZnS Overlayers ACS Nano 2015, 9, 11286-11295 10.1021/acsnano.5b04917
9. Li, W. J.; Zhong, X. H. Capping Ligand-Induced Self-Assembly for Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 796-806 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00001
10. 2-Sensitized Quantum Dot Solar Cell. Electrophoretic Deposition, Excited-State Dynamics, and Photovoltaic Performance J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 722-729 10.1021/jz400181m
11. Salant, A.; Shalom, M.; Hod, I.; Faust, A.; Zaban, A.; Banin, U. Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency Prepared Using Electrophoretic Deposition ACS Nano 2010, 4, 5962-5968 10.1021/nn1018208
12. Zhao, K.; Pan, Z. X.; Mora-Seró, I.; Cánovas, E.; Wang, H.; Song, Y.; Gong, X. Q.; Wang, J.; Bonn, M.; Bisquert, J. et al. Boosting Power Conversion Efficiencies of Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Beyond 8% by Recombination Control J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5602-5609 10.1021/jacs.5b01946
13. McDaniel, H.; Fuke, N.; Makarov, N. S.; Pietryga, J. M.; Klimov, V. I. An Integrated Approach to Realizing High-Performance Liquid-Junction Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 2887 10.1038/ncomms3887
14. Pan, Z. X.; Mora-Seró, I.; Shen, Q.; Zhang, H.; Li, Y.; Zhao, K.; Wang, J.; Zhong, X. H.; Bisquert, J. High-Efficiency "Green" Quantum Dot Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 9203-9210 10.1021/ja504310w
15. 2 Buffer Layer Boosts Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells to over 9% Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 8398-8405 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03864
16. Yella, A.; Lee, H.-W.; Tsao, H. N.; Yi, C.; Chandiran, A. K.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Diau, E. W.-G.; Yeh, C.-Y.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)-Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12% Efficiency Science 2011, 334, 629-634 10.1126/science.1209688
17. Yang, W. S.; Noh, J. H.; Jeon, N. J.; Kim, Y. C.; Ryu, S.; Seo, J.; Seok, S. I. High-Performance Photovoltaic Perovskite Layers Fabricated through Intramolecular Exchange Science 2015, 348, 1234-1237 10.1126/science.aaa9272
18. Duan, J.; Zhang, H.; Tang, Q.; He, B.; Yu, L. Recent Advances in Critical Materials for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells: a Review J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 17497-17510 10.1039/C5TA03280F
19. Lee, M. M.; Teuscher, J.; Miyasaka, T.; Murakami, T. N.; Snaith, H. J. Efficient Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Meso-Superstructured Organometal Halide Perovskites Science 2012, 338, 643-647 10.1126/science.1228604
20. Li, L.; Yang, X.; Gao, J.; Tian, H.; Zhao, J.; Hagfeldt, A.; Sun, L. Highly Efficient CdS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on a Modified Polysulfide Electrolyte J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8458-8460 10.1021/ja201841p
21. Du, J.; Meng, X.; Zhao, K.; Li, Y.; Zhong, X. Performance Enhancement of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells by Adding Electrolyte Additives J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 17091-17097 10.1039/C5TA04758G
22. 2- at the Counter Electrode J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 2453-2460 10.1021/jz201064k
23. Fabregat-Santiago, F.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.; Mora-Seró, I.; Bisquert, J. Characterization of Nanostructured Hybrid and Organic Solar Cells by Impedance Spectroscopy Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 9083-9118 10.1039/c0cp02249g
24. Hwang, I.; Yong, K. Counter Electrodes for Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells ChemElectroChem 2015, 2, 634-653 10.1002/celc.201402405
25. Wu, M.; Lin, X.; Wang, Y.; Ma, T. Counter Electrode Materials Combined with Redox Couples in Dye- and Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 19638-19656 10.1039/C5TA03682H
26. Meng, K.; Chen, G.; Thampi, K. R. Metal Chalcogenides as Counter Electrode Materials in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells: a Perspective J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 23074-23089 10.1039/C5TA05071E
27. Wu, M.; Lin, X.; Wang, T.; Qiu, J.; Ma, T. Low-Cost Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Nine Kinds of Carbon Counter Electrodes Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2308-2315 10.1039/c1ee01059j
28. Yun, S.; Hagfeldt, A.; Ma, T. Pt-Free Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with High Efficiency Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 6210-6237 10.1002/adma.201402056
29. Zhang, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, S.; Huang, X.; Luo, Y.; Meng, Q.; Li, D. Application of Carbon Counterelectrode on CdS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSSCs) Electrochem. Commun. 2010, 12, 327-330 10.1016/j.elecom.2009.12.032
30. Fan, S.-Q.; Fang, B.; Kim, J. H.; Jeong, B.; Kim, C.; Yu, J.-S.; Ko, J. Ordered Multimodal Porous Carbon as Highly Efficient Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized and Quantum-Dot Solar Cells Langmuir 2010, 26, 13644-13649 10.1021/la1019873
31. Yun, S.; Zhang, H.; Pu, H.; Chen, J.; Hagfeldt, A.; Ma, T. Metal Oxide/Carbide/Carbon Nanocomposites: In Situ Synthesis, Characterization, Calculation, and Their Application as an Efficient Counter Electrode Catalyst for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Energy Mater. 2013, 3, 1407-1412 10.1002/aenm.201300242
32. Hao, F.; Dong, P.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, Y.; Loya, P. E.; Hauge, R. H.; Li, J.; Lou, J.; Lin, H. High Electrocatalytic Activity of Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes towards Sulfide Redox Shuttles Sci. Rep. 2012, 2, 368 10.1038/srep00368
33. 4 Nanoparticle Composites as Highly Efficient Counter Electrodes in a Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cell System Nanoscale 2013, 5, 6992-6998 10.1039/c3nr01564e
34. Du, J.; Du, Z. L.; Hu, J.-S.; Pan, Z. X.; Shen, Q.; Sun, J.; Long, D. H.; Dong, H.; Sun, L.; Zhong, X. H. et al. Zn-Cu-In-Se Quantum Dot Solar Cells with a Certified Power Conversion Efficiency of 11.6% J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4201-4209 10.1021/jacs.6b00615
35. Lan, X.; Voznyy, O.; de Arquer, F. P. G.; Liu, M.; Xu, J.; Proppe, A. H.; Walters, G.; Fan, F.; Tan, H.; Liu, M. et al. 10.6% Certified Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells via Solvent-Polarity-Engineered Halide Passivation Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 4630-4634 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01957
36. 3 Sensitized-Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction Solar Cells and Quantification of Traps by Deep-Level Transient Spectroscopy Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 3587-3592 10.1002/adfm.201304238
37. Yang, Z.; Janmohamed, A.; Lan, X.; de Arquer, F. P. G.; Voznyy, O.; Yassitepe, E.; Kim, G.-H.; Ning, Z.; Gong, X.; Comin, R.; Sargent, E. H. Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaics Enhanced by Perovskite Shelling Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 7539-7543 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03271
38. Chen, H.; Sun, F.; Wang, J.; Li, W.; Qiao, W.; Ling, L.; Long, D. Nitrogen Doping Effects on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Mesoporous Carbons J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 8318-8328 10.1021/jp4017773
39. Zhao, K.; Yu, H.; Zhang, H.; Zhong, X. Electroplating Cuprous Sulfide Counter Electrode for High-Efficiency Long-Term Stability Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 5683-5690 10.1021/jp4118369
40. Murakami, T. N.; Ito, S.; Wang, Q.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Bessho, T.; Cesar, I.; Liska, P.; Humphry-Baker, R.; Comte, P.; Péchy, P. et al. Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Black Counter Electrodes J. Electrochem. Soc. 2006, 153, A2255-A2261 10.1149/1.2358087
41. Lee, B.; Buchholz, D. B.; Chang, R. P. H. An All Carbon Counter Electrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 6941-6952 10.1039/c2ee02950b
42. Kang, D.-Y.; Lee, Y.; Cho, C.-Y.; Moon, J. H. Inverse Opal Carbons for Counter Electrode of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Langmuir 2012, 28, 7033-7038 10.1021/la300644j
43. Trancik, J. E.; Barton, S. C.; Hone, J. Transparent and Catalytic Carbon Nanotube Films Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 982-987 10.1021/nl071945i
44. Han, J.; Kim, H.; Kim, D. Y.; Jo, S. M.; Jang, S.-Y. Water-Soluble Polyelectrolyte-Grafted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films for Efficient Counter Electrode of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2010, 4, 3503-3509 10.1021/nn100574g
45. 2 Photoanode Films for Highly Efficient Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 13033-13040 10.1039/C4TA02291B
46. Wang, J.; Li, Y.; Shen, Q.; Izuishi, T.; Pan, Z.; Zhao, K.; Zhong, X. H. Mn Doped Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 9% J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 877-886 10.1039/C5TA09306F
47. Mathew, S.; Yella, A.; Gao, P.; Humphry-Baker, R.; Curchod, B. F. E.; Ashari-Astani, N.; Tavernelli, I.; Rothlisberger, U.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Grätzel, M. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with 13% Efficiency Achieved Through the Molecular Engineering of Porphyrin Sensitizers Nat. Chem. 2014, 6, 242-247 10.1038/nchem.1861
48. Kwon, W.; Kim, J. M.; Rhee, S. W. Electrocatalytic Carbonaceous Materials for Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 3202-3215 10.1039/C2TA00360K
49. Yang, Y.; Zhu, L.; Sun, H.; Huang, X.; Luo, Y.; Li, D.; Meng, Q. Composite Counter Electrode Based on Nanoparticulate PbS and Carbon Black: Towards Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells with Both High Efficiency and Stability ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 6162-6168 10.1021/am301787q
50. 1.8Se and PbSe ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 2335-2343 10.1021/am404355m
51. Sudhagar, P.; Ramasamy, E.; Cho, W.; Lee, J.; Kang, Y. Robust Mesocellular Carbon Foam Counter Electrode for Quantum-Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Electrochem. Commun. 2011, 13, 34-37 10.1016/j.elecom.2010.11.006
52. Cahen, D.; Hodes, G.; Grätzel, M.; Guillemoles, J. F.; Riess, I. Nature of Photovoltaic Action in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 2053-2059 10.1021/jp993187t
53. Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G.; Sun, L.; Kloo, L.; Pettersson, H. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663 10.1021/cr900356p
54. Bisquert, J.; Cahen, D.; Hodes, G.; Rühle, S.; Zaban, A. Physical Chemical Principles of Photovoltaic Conversion with Nanoparticulate, Mesoporous Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 8106-8118 10.1021/jp0359283
55. Hod, I.; González-Pedro, V.; Tachan, Z.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.; Mora-Seró, I.; 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 10.1021/jz201417f
56. Lessner, P. M.; McLarnon, F. R.; Winnick, J.; Cairns, E. J. The Dependence of Aqueous Sulfur-Polysulfide Redox Potential on Electrolyte Composition and Temperature J. Electrochem. Soc. 1993, 140, 1847-1849 10.1149/1.2220727
57. Hodes, G.; Manassen, J.; Cahen, D. Electrocatalytic Electrodes for the Polysulfide Redox System J. Electrochem. Soc. 1980, 127, 544-549 10.1149/1.2129709
58. Manan, N. S. A.; Aldous, L.; Alias, Y.; Murray, P.; Yellowlees, L. J.; Lagunas, M. C.; Hardacre, C. Electrochemistry of Sulfur and Polysulfides in Ionic Liquids J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 13873-13879 10.1021/jp208159v
59. Qian, L.; Tian, X.; Yang, L.; Mao, J.; Yuan, H.; Xiao, D. High Specific Capacitance of CuS Nanotubes in Redox Active Polysulfide Electrolyte RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 1703-1708 10.1039/C2RA22257D
60. Hod, I.; Zaban, A. Materials and Interfaces in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells: Challenges, Advances and Prospects Langmuir 2014, 30, 7264-7273 10.1021/la403768j
61. Kamat, P. V. Quantum Dot Solar Cells. The Next Big Thing in Photovoltaics J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 908-918 10.1021/jz400052e
62. Zhang, H.; Cheng, K.; Hou, Y. M.; Fang, Z.; Pan, Z. X.; Wu, W. J.; Hua, J. L.; Zhong, X. H. Efficient CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by a Postsynthesis Assembly Approach Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11235-11237 10.1039/c2cc36526j