Quantum dot materials engineering boosting the quantum dot sensitized solar cell efficiency over 13%

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (20) ◽  
pp. 10233-10241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huashang Rao ◽  
Mengsi Zhou ◽  
Zhenxiao Pan ◽  
Xinhua Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Type I ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

An average PCE of 13.71%, and a certified efficiency of 13.49% were obtained from the type-I core/shell structured ZCISe/ZnSe QD based sensitized solar cells.

scholarly journals The effect of ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanorod arrays photoelectrodes on PbS quantum dot sensitized solar cell performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 286-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kamruzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Cell Performance ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Zno Nanorod ◽  
Nanorod Arrays ◽  
Solar Cell Performance ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Pbs Quantum Dot

ZnO nanorod (NR) based inorganic quantum dot sensitized solar cells have gained tremendous attention for use in next generation solar cells.

Triarylamine-based hydrido-carboxylate rhenium(i) complexes as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 7534-7543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Veronese ◽  
Elsa Quartapelle Procopio ◽  
Thomas Moehl ◽  
Monica Panigati ◽  
Kazuteru Nonomura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Molecular Design ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

We report dinuclear hydrido-carbonyl rhenium complexes employed in DSSCs for the first time. An improved performance in solar cell efficiency was achieved by molecular design.

CdSeTe/CdS Type-I Core/Shell Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with Efficiency over 9%

2015 ◽  
Vol 119 (52) ◽  
pp. 28800-28808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junwei Yang ◽  
Jin Wang ◽  
Ke Zhao ◽  
Takuya Izuishi ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Type I ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Reduced recombination with an optimized barrier layer on TiO2 in PbS/CdS core shell quantum dot sensitized solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 3423-3431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinah Punnoose ◽  
CH. S. S. Pavan Kumar ◽  
Hyun Woong Seo ◽  
Masaharu Shiratani ◽  
Araveeti Eswar Reddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Barrier Layer ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Excellent Performance ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Coating Electrode ◽  
Double Coating

A solar cell based on a double coating electrode (MgO/Al2O3) on TiO2 yielded excellent performance with an efficiency (η) of 3.25%.

ZnO@Ag2S core–shell nanowire arrays for environmentally friendly solid-state quantum dot-sensitized solar cells with panchromatic light capture and enhanced electron collection

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 12786-12795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Zhang ◽  
Jianhua Liu ◽  
Jindan Zhang ◽  
Nick Vlachopoulos ◽  
Erik M. J. Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Nanowire Arrays ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Electron Collection ◽  
Light Capture ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

An environmentally friendly solid-state quantum dot-sensitized solar cell is constructed using ZnO@Ag2S core–shell NWAs as a photoanode in combination with the conducting polymer P3HT.

scholarly journals Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell: Photoanodes, Counter Electrodes, and Electrolytes

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2638
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Kim Chung ◽  
Phat Tan Nguyen ◽  
Ha Thanh Tung ◽  
Dang Huu Phuc
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Photon Absorption ◽  
Dye Molecules ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Counter Electrodes ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Efficiency Performance ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

In this study, we provide the reader with an overview of quantum dot application in solar cells to replace dye molecules, where the quantum dots play a key role in photon absorption and excited charge generation in the device. The brief shows the types of quantum dot sensitized solar cells and presents the obtained results of them for each type of cell, and provides the advantages and disadvantages. Lastly, methods are proposed to improve the efficiency performance in the next researching.

scholarly journals CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1684
Author(s):  
Alessandro Romeo ◽  
Elisa Artegiani
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Short Circuit Current Density ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency

CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first 10 top producers in the world. CdTe has an optimum band gap for the Schockley-Queisser limit and could deliver very high efficiencies as single junction device of more than 32%, with an open circuit voltage of 1 V and a short circuit current density exceeding 30 mA/cm2. CdTe solar cells were introduced at the beginning of the 70s and they have been studied and implemented particularly in the last 30 years. The strong improvement in efficiency in the last 5 years was obtained by a new redesign of the CdTe solar cell device reaching a single solar cell efficiency of 22.1% and a module efficiency of 19%. In this paper we describe the fabrication process following the history of the solar cell as it was developed in the early years up to the latest development and changes. Moreover the paper also presents future possible alternative absorbers and discusses the only apparently controversial environmental impacts of this fantastic technology.

CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Core-Shell for Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Manal Midhat Abdullah ◽  
Omar Adnan Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Solar Spectrum ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Electron Hole Pair ◽  
Pair Generation

Core-shell nanocrystals are utilized to improve vitality conversion efficiency of Si based solar cells. In the present work, a study of synthesis and characterization of photo luminescent, down-shifting, core-shell CdSe/CdS quantum dots is introduced. The QD,s absorb in the UV range (350nm) of the solar spectrum and emit photons with wavelengths centered at (574 nm). Calculated energy gap is (2.16 eV), which is well suited for Silicon absorption and electron-hole pair generation. The grain size is ranged between (1.814 and 3.456 nm). Results show that the cell efficiency is improved from (8.81%) (For a reference silicon solar cell) to (10.07%) (For a CdSe/CdS QD deposited directly on the surface of the solar cell). This improvement is referred to the spreading of the absorbed solar radiation over the spectral response of the Si solar cell.

A comprehensive study of chalcogenide quantum dot sensitized solar cells with a new solar cell exceeding 1 V output

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 1083-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan Surana ◽  
R.M. Mehra ◽  
B. Bhattacharya ◽  
Hee-Woo Rhee ◽  
Anji Reddy Polu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Comprehensive Study
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