Das, A and M, Deepa and Ghosal, P
(2017)
Lead-Sulfide-Selenide Quantum Dots and Gold-Copper Alloy Nanoparticles Augment the Light-Harvesting Ability of Solar Cells.
ChemPhysChem, 18 (7).
pp. 736-748.
ISSN 1439-4235
Full text not available from this repository.
(
Request a copy)
Abstract
Lead-sulfide-selenide (PbSSe) quantum dots (QDs) and goldcopper (AuCu) alloy nanoparticles (NPs) were incorporated into a cadmium sulfide (CdS)/titanium oxide (TiO2) photoanode for the first time to achieve enhanced conversion of solar energy into electricity. PbSSe QDs with a band gap of 1.02 eV extend the light-harvesting range of the photoanode from the visible region to the near-infrared region. The conduction band (CB) edge of the PbSSe QDs is wedged between the CBs of TiO2 and CdS; this additional level coupled with the good electrical conductivity of the dots facilitate charge transport and collection, and a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.44% is achieved for the champion cell with the TiO2/PbSSe/CdS elec-trode. Upon including AuCu alloy NPs in the QD-sensitized electrodes, light absorption is enhance by plasmonic and lightscattering effects and also by the injection of hot electrons to the CBs of the QDs. Comparison of the incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency enhancement factors in addition to fluorescence decay and impedance studies reveal that the PbSSe QDs and AuCu alloy NPs promote charge injection to the current collector and increase the photogenerated charges produced, which thus enables the TiO2/PbSSe/CdS/AuCu cell to deliver the highest PCE of 5.26% among all the various photoanode compositions used.
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Altmetric
Altmetric