Application of carbon counterelectrode on CdS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs)

By Quanxin Zhang, Yiduo Zhang, Shuqing Huang, Xiaoming Huang, Yanhong Luo, Q. Meng, Dongmei Li. 2010

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Carbon electrode was first employed on CdS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). It can present up to 1.47% of the conversion efficiency, outperforming the identical cell with Pt electrode (0.17%) under AM 1.5 illumination of 100 mW cm−2. Electrochemical impedance spectrum (EIS) is applied to characterize the charge transfer resistance (Rct) at electrolyte/counterelectrode interface of CdS QDSSCs. Our preliminary result revealed that carbon electrodes with large surface area and ideal corrosion-inertness toward polysulfide redox couple exhibits promising application on QDSSCs.

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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• Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells—perspective and recent developments: A review of Cd chalcogenide quantum dots as sensitizers (2013, background): “Carbon is an alternative candidate for CEs due to its corrosioninertness towards the polysulfide redox couple [174].”