Liquid junction solar cell(LJSC) with vertically silicon nanowires(SiNWs) as the primary photosensitizer,co-sensitized with luminescent and narrow gap CdTe nanoparticles,and cuboidal microstructures of zinc tetrapheny...Liquid junction solar cell(LJSC) with vertically silicon nanowires(SiNWs) as the primary photosensitizer,co-sensitized with luminescent and narrow gap CdTe nanoparticles,and cuboidal microstructures of zinc tetraphenyl porphyrin(ZnTPP) dye offers broad and intense visible light absorption that translates into a maximum power conversion efficiency(PCE) of 9.09%,when combined with a polymeric gel of a I_(2)/I^(-)redox couple as the hole transport material and a counter electrode(CE) of poly(3,4-ethyelenedioxythio phene) doped with imide ions(PEDOT-N(CF_(3) SO_(2))_(2)),under 1 sun irradiance.The p-type CdTe efficiently scavenges holes from SiNWs and simultaneously allows the passage of photoexcited electrons from ZnTPP to SiNWs via electrical conduction thus imparting an enhanced solar cell performance.Cosensitization also supresses back electron transfer effectively,as is inferred from a ~68% enhancement in PCE compared to SiNWs alone.Optimization of the CE entailed the evaluation of the effect of dopant anion:imide versus dicyanamide in PEDOT,and revealed that the presence of macro-cracks in the polymer surface,a deeper work function,and a lower electrical conductance are the shortcomings of the dicyanamide doped PEDOT and reduce the overall PCE,compared to imide.This study brings out how by judicious choice of photoanode and CE components,efficient,stable and easy-to-assemble LJSCs can be developed.展开更多
We report the systematic changes of nano-scaled features and optical properties in a promising transparent oxide material, namely, Alx (x = 0, 1, 2 and 5%) doped ZnO1-x (AZO). Electron microscopy investigations reveal...We report the systematic changes of nano-scaled features and optical properties in a promising transparent oxide material, namely, Alx (x = 0, 1, 2 and 5%) doped ZnO1-x (AZO). Electron microscopy investigations revealed the alterations at lattice scale depending on the presence of Al-content in ZnO nanostructures. Lattice spacings of 0.26 and 0.28 nm oriented along the (0002) and (10 0) planes, respectively, were attributed to euhedral-and facetted-structures of hexagonal-ZnO. The AZO samples were further characterized by XRD, SEM, UV-vis spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence studies. It has been shown that at a dopant concentration of 2%Al in ZnO, an optimal balance could be achieved between microstructure and optical properties.展开更多
基金Financial support from the Ministry of Education-Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (Mo ESTARS, Grant number:STARS/APR2019/CS/375) India。
文摘Liquid junction solar cell(LJSC) with vertically silicon nanowires(SiNWs) as the primary photosensitizer,co-sensitized with luminescent and narrow gap CdTe nanoparticles,and cuboidal microstructures of zinc tetraphenyl porphyrin(ZnTPP) dye offers broad and intense visible light absorption that translates into a maximum power conversion efficiency(PCE) of 9.09%,when combined with a polymeric gel of a I_(2)/I^(-)redox couple as the hole transport material and a counter electrode(CE) of poly(3,4-ethyelenedioxythio phene) doped with imide ions(PEDOT-N(CF_(3) SO_(2))_(2)),under 1 sun irradiance.The p-type CdTe efficiently scavenges holes from SiNWs and simultaneously allows the passage of photoexcited electrons from ZnTPP to SiNWs via electrical conduction thus imparting an enhanced solar cell performance.Cosensitization also supresses back electron transfer effectively,as is inferred from a ~68% enhancement in PCE compared to SiNWs alone.Optimization of the CE entailed the evaluation of the effect of dopant anion:imide versus dicyanamide in PEDOT,and revealed that the presence of macro-cracks in the polymer surface,a deeper work function,and a lower electrical conductance are the shortcomings of the dicyanamide doped PEDOT and reduce the overall PCE,compared to imide.This study brings out how by judicious choice of photoanode and CE components,efficient,stable and easy-to-assemble LJSCs can be developed.
文摘We report the systematic changes of nano-scaled features and optical properties in a promising transparent oxide material, namely, Alx (x = 0, 1, 2 and 5%) doped ZnO1-x (AZO). Electron microscopy investigations revealed the alterations at lattice scale depending on the presence of Al-content in ZnO nanostructures. Lattice spacings of 0.26 and 0.28 nm oriented along the (0002) and (10 0) planes, respectively, were attributed to euhedral-and facetted-structures of hexagonal-ZnO. The AZO samples were further characterized by XRD, SEM, UV-vis spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence studies. It has been shown that at a dopant concentration of 2%Al in ZnO, an optimal balance could be achieved between microstructure and optical properties.
