Cosensitized quantum dot solar cells with conversion efficiency over 12%

W Wang, W Feng, J Du, W Xue, L Zhang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The improvement of sunlight utilization is a fundamental approach for the construction of
high‐efficiency quantum‐dot‐based solar cells (QDSCs). To boost light harvesting …

Facile secondary deposition for improving quantum dot loading in fabricating quantum dot solar cells

W Wang, L Zhao, Y Wang, W Xue, F He… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Sufficient loading of presynthesized quantum dots (QDs) on mesoporous TiO2 electrodes is
the prerequisite for the fabrication of high-performance QD-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) …

Directly assembled CdSe quantum dots on TiO2 in aqueous solution by adjusting pH value for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

J Chen, DW Zhao, JL Song, XW Sun, WQ Deng… - Electrochemistry …, 2009 - Elsevier
We report an improved quantum dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) by loading
mercaptopropionic acid (MPA)-capped CdSe QDs on TiO2 film in aqueous solution. Under …

Boosting the efficiency of quantum dot sensitized solar cells up to 7.11% through simultaneous engineering of photocathode and photoanode

Y Bai, C Han, X Chen, H Yu, X Zong, Z Li, L Wang - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
We demonstrate a new strategy of boosting the efficiency of quantum dot sensitized solar
cells (QDSSCs) by engineering the photocathode and photoanode simultaneously …

Improving the efficiency of quantum dot sensitized solar cells beyond 15% via secondary deposition

H Song, Y Lin, Z Zhang, H Rao, W Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Low loading is one of the bottlenecks limiting the performance of quantum dot sensitized
solar cells (QDSCs). Although previous QD secondary deposition relying on electrostatic …

Highly efficient quantum dot-sensitized TiO 2 solar cells based on multilayered semiconductors (ZnSe/CdS/CdSe)

L Yang, C McCue, Q Zhang, E Uchaker, Y Mai, G Cao - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A new approach by inserting a layer of ZnSe QDs was studied to enhance the adsorption of
CdS/CdSe QDs resulting in much improved power conversion efficiency. ZnSe, CdS and …

Mn doped quantum dot sensitized solar cells with power conversion efficiency exceeding 9%

J Wang, Y Li, Q Shen, T Izuishi, Z Pan… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal ion (especially Mn2+) doping has been proven to be an effective approach
to modify the intrinsic photo-electronic properties of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) …

Boosting the performance of environmentally friendly quantum dot‐sensitized solar cells over 13% efficiency by dual sensitizers with cascade energy structure

Z Pan, L Yue, H Rao, J Zhang, X Zhong… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Generally, high light‐harvesting efficiency, electron‐injection efficiency, and charge‐
collection efficiency are the prerequisites for high‐efficiency quantum‐dot‐sensitized solar …

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

H Rao, M Zhou, Z Pan, X Zhong - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The intrinsic electronic structure and crystalline quality of quantum dot (QD) light-harvesting
materials are among the primary reasons for determining the photovoltaic performance of …

Highly efficient quantum‐dot‐sensitized solar cell based on co‐sensitization of CdS/CdSe

YL Lee, YS Lo - Advanced Functional Materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) and cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs) are sequentially
assembled onto a nanocrystalline TiO2 film to prepare a CdS/CdSe co‐sensitized …