Incorporation of graphene in quantum dot sensitized solar cells based on ZnO nanorods

被引:76
作者
Chen, Jing [1 ,2 ]
Li, Chu [1 ,3 ]
Eda, Goki [4 ]
Zhang, Yan [3 ]
Lei, Wei [1 ]
Chhowalla, Manish [4 ,5 ]
Milne, William I. [3 ,6 ]
Deng, Wei-Qiao [2 ]
机构
[1] Southeast Univ, Sch Elect Sci & Engn, Nanjing 210096, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Dalian Inst Chem Phys, State Key Lab Mol React Dynam, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Cambridge, Dept Engn, Elect Engn Div, Cambridge CB3 0FA, England
[4] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Mat, London SW7 2AZ, England
[5] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
[6] Kyung Hee Univ, Dept Informat Display, Seoul 130701, South Korea
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
OXIDE; FILMS; TRANSPARENT; EFFICIENCY; CDSE; CDTE;
D O I
10.1039/c1cc10162e
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a novel architecture of solar cell by incorporating graphene thin film in a quantum dot sensitized solar cell. Quantum dot sensitized nanorods with a graphene layer exhibited a 54.7% improvement comparing a quantum dot sensitized ZnO nanorods without graphene layer. A fill factor as high as similar to 62% was also obtained.
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页码:6084 / 6086
页数:3
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