Aqueous synthesis of CdSeTe-alloyed quantum dots, fabrication of CdSeTe, CdS and CdSe QDs-sensitized solar cells and optimization of the sensitizing, light scattering and passivating layers

In this research, quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) with multilayer photoelectrodes, i.e., the TiO 2 nanocrystals/CdSeTe/CdS/CdSe/ZnS, were fabricated and investigated. The CdSeTe nanocrystals (NCs) were easily synthesized in aqueous solution and deposited on nanocrystalline TiO 2 scaffold...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing Materials science & processing, 2023-07, Vol.129 (7), Article 517
Hauptverfasser: Marandi, M., Shahidi, N., Abadi, S. Hossein
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Zusammenfassung:In this research, quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) with multilayer photoelectrodes, i.e., the TiO 2 nanocrystals/CdSeTe/CdS/CdSe/ZnS, were fabricated and investigated. The CdSeTe nanocrystals (NCs) were easily synthesized in aqueous solution and deposited on nanocrystalline TiO 2 scaffold through drop-casting method. The other sensitizing/passivizing films were also prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) and chemical bath deposition (CBD) methods. It was shown that QDSC with TiO 2 nanocrystals/CdSeTe/CdS/ZnS photoanode demonstrated an energy conversion efficiency of 2.95%. This efficiency was enhanced about 30% through the addition and optimization of a CdSe QDs film in the photoelectrode. The CdSe-sensitizing film was effectively deposited in just 9 min and ZnS was applied as the normal passivating film. In the next stage, TiO 2 hollow spheres (HSs) were prepared with desired dimension via a template scarifying approach to enhance the light travelling path inside the photoelectrode and increase the light harvesting efficiency. The mentioned point resulted in 12% enhancement compared to the HSs-free QDSC. The last improvement was finally performed by optimization of the ZnS passivating layer and showed a 30% improvement in PCE of the final QDSC in comparison with HSs-free CdSeTe/CdS/CdSe-sensitized solar cell. The pioneer cell was compared with the CdSe and HSs-free reference cell which demonstrated a considerable 68% enhancement in photovoltaic performance.
ISSN:0947-8396
1432-0630
DOI:10.1007/s00339-023-06752-5