Ga-Doped ZnO Coating—A Suitable Tool for Tuning the Electrode Properties in the Solar Cells with CdS/ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots

Energy materials: core/shell structural photoelectrodes assembled with quantum dots for solar cells

Narrow-band-gap semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are considered as next-generation sensitizers for solar cells because of their extraordinary optical and electrical properties in terms of tuneable band gap, high molar extinction coefficient, and large intrinsic dipole moment, which may facilitate charge separation in solar cells. Moreover, theoretical photovoltaic conversion efficiency of QDs-s...

Time-evolution of photoluminescence properties of ZnO/MgO core/shell quantum dots

In situ and ex situ time-evolution of photoluminescence data during growth of ZnO/MgO core/shell quantum dots (Qdots) were used to study the stability of the green–white (CIE: 0.32, 0.41) luminescence from ZnO defects. The ZnO/MgO Qdots, synthesized by a sol–gel process, exhibited a quantum yield of 13% compared with less than 5% for ZnO Qdots. The growth of ZnO Qdots was arrested and the defec...

Sensitized solar cells with colloidal PbS-CdS core-shell quantum dots.

We report on the fabrication of PbS-CdS (core-shell) quantum dot (QD)-sensitized solar cells by direct adsorption of core-shell QDs on mesoporous TiO2 followed by 3-mercaptopropionic acid ligand exchange. PbS-CdS QD-sensitized solar cells show 4 times higher efficiency with respect to solar cells sensitized with PbS QDs. The significantly enhanced mean electron lifetime and electron diffusion l...

University of Groningen Sensitized solar cells with colloidal PbS-CdS core-shell quantum dots

ZnO nanowires array grown on Ga-doped ZnO single crystal for dye-sensitized solar cells

High quality ZnO nanowires arrays were homoepitaxial grown on Ga-doped ZnO single crystal (GZOSC), which have the advantages of high conductivity, high carrier mobility and high thermal stability. When it was employed as a photoanode in the DSSCs, the cell exhibited a 1.44% power-conversion efficiency under the illumination of one sun (AM 1.5G). The performance is superior to our ZnO nanowires/...