A ZnS and metal hydroxide composite passivation layer for recombination control in high efficiency quantum dot sensitized solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (48) ◽  
pp. 18976-18982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenxiao Pan ◽  
Xinhua Zhong

An effective composite passivation layer was developed for suppressing charge recombination and improving the performance of QDSCs.

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1931
Author(s):  
Hee-Je Kim ◽  
Jin-Ho Bae ◽  
Hyunwoong Seo ◽  
Masaharu Shiratani ◽  
Chandu Venkata Veera Muralee Gopi

Suppressing the charge recombination at the interface of photoanode/electrolyte is the crucial way to improve the quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) performance. In this scenario, ZnS/SiO2 blocking layer was deposited on TiO2/CuInS2 QDs to inhibit the charge recombination at photoanode/electrolyte interface. As a result, the TiO2/CuInS2/ZnS/SiO2 based QDSSCs delivers a power conversion efficiency (η) value of 4.63%, which is much higher than the TiO2/CuInS2 (2.15%) and TiO2/CuInS2/ZnS (3.23%) based QDSSCs. Impedance spectroscopy and open circuit voltage decay analyses indicate that ZnS/SiO2 passivation layer on TiO2/CuInS2 suppress the charge recombination at the interface of photoanode/electrolyte and enhance the electron lifetime.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1914-1917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Seok Lee ◽  
Chandu V. V. M. Gopi ◽  
Araveeti Eswar Reddy ◽  
Chandu Nagaraju ◽  
Hee-Je Kim

A Cu–ZnS passivation layer effectively suppresses the charge recombination and increases the light harvesting in QDSSCs.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (29) ◽  
pp. 11416-11421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guocan Jiang ◽  
Zhenxiao Pan ◽  
Zhenwei Ren ◽  
Jun Du ◽  
Cheng Yang ◽  
...  

Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) was used as a superior and general additive to modify the traditional polysulfide electrolyte in quantum dot sensitized solar cells and the photovoltaic performance of the constructed solar cells was significantly improved benefiting from the reduced charge recombination.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (44) ◽  
pp. 41415-41423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linlin Zhang ◽  
Huashang Rao ◽  
Zhenxiao Pan ◽  
Xinhua Zhong

Author(s):  
Hee-Je Kim ◽  
Jin-Ho Bae ◽  
Hyunwoong Seo ◽  
Masaharu Shiratani ◽  
Chandu Venkata Veera Muralee Gopi

Suppressing the charge recombination at the interface of photoanode/electrolyte is the crucial way to enhance the photovoltaic performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). In this scenario, ZnS/SiO2 blocking layer was deposited on TiO2/CuInS2 QDs to inhibit the charge recombination at photoanode/electrolyte interface. As a result, the TiO2/CuInS2/ZnS/SiO2 based QDSSCs delivers a power conversion efficiency (η) value of 4.63%, which is significantly higher than the 2.15% and 3.23% observed for QDSSCs with a TiO2/CuInS2 device and TiO2/CuInS2/ZnS, respectively. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and open circuit voltage decay analyses indicate that ZnS/SiO2 passivation layer on TiO2/CuInS2 suppress the charge recombination at the photoanode/electrolyte interface and prolongs the electron lifetime.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 2214-2221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Wu ◽  
Juan Hou ◽  
Haifeng Zhao ◽  
Zhiyong Liu ◽  
Xuanyu Yue ◽  
...  

ZnS as an inorganic passivation agent has been proven to be effective in suppressing charge recombination and enhancing power conversion efficiency (PCE) in quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs).


2021 ◽  
Vol 727 ◽  
pp. 138678
Author(s):  
Mei Xin Chen ◽  
Ya Qian Bai ◽  
Xin Na Guan ◽  
Jia Wei Chen ◽  
Jing Hui Zeng

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