Graphitic carbon nitride as a photovoltaic booster in quantum dot sensitized solar cells: a synergistic approach for enhanced charge separation and injection

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (15) ◽  
pp. 5528-5541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tridip Ranjan Chetia ◽  
Mohammad Shaad Ansari ◽  
Mohammad Qureshi

A binary hybrid composite of g-C3N4 and ZnO is introduced as a photoanodic material in QDSSC devices and ∼70% improvement in power conversion efficiency is achieved.

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1732-1735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente M. Blas-Ferrando ◽  
Javier Ortiz ◽  
Victoria González-Pedro ◽  
Rafael S. Sánchez ◽  
Iván Mora-Seró ◽  
...  

The power conversion efficiency of CdSe and CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells is enhanced up to 45% for CdSe and 104% for CdS by passivation with an asymmetrically disulfide substituted phthalocyanine.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (38) ◽  
pp. 14849-14856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenliang Feng ◽  
Leilei Zhao ◽  
Jun Du ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Xinhua Zhong

A highly conductive gel electrolyte based on sodium carboxymethylcellulose was developed to construct quasi-solid-state quantum dot sensitized solar cells that exhibit power conversion efficiency over 9% and a significant improvement in stability compared to liquid-junction QDSCs.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (53) ◽  
pp. 33106-33112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhtisham Mehmood ◽  
Yueli Liu ◽  
Keqiang Chen ◽  
Abdul Hakim Shah ◽  
Wen Chen

This paper explores that novel architecture of CuInSe2/Mn-CdS exhibits remarkable enhancement in photovoltaic performance of the QDSSCs, which presents an excellent power conversion efficiency of 3.96%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (26) ◽  
pp. 10231-10238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Meng ◽  
Praveen K. Surolia ◽  
K. Ravindranathan Thampi

For the first time, perovskite BaTiO3 nanoparticles were applied as photoelectrode materials for quantum dot sensitization in solar cells, yielding a promising power conversion efficiency of 1.51%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (46) ◽  
pp. 19653-19659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianjun Tian ◽  
Lili Lv ◽  
Chengbin Fei ◽  
Yajie Wang ◽  
Xiaoguang Liu ◽  
...  

The power conversion efficiency of CdS/CdSe sensitized solar cells is increased to 6.33% by doping Mn2+ into the CdSe quantum dot.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (42) ◽  
pp. 16115-16122
Author(s):  
Mulu Alemayehu Abate ◽  
Khalilalrahman Dehvari ◽  
Jia-Yaw Chang ◽  
Keiko Waki

Mn-Doped QDs extended light absorption by altering the bandgap and facilitated rapid electron injection and charge separation, which together result in enhanced overall power conversion efficiency (PCE).


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