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Effect of co-sensitization of InSb quantum dots on enhancing the photoconversion efficiency of CdS based quantum dot sensitized solar cells
T. Archana, K. Vijayakumar, G. Subashini, , M. Arivanandhan, R. Jayavel
Published in Royal Society of Chemistry
2020
Volume: 10
   
Issue: 25
Pages: 14837 - 14845
Abstract
The effect of co-sensitization of CdS and InSb Quantum Dots (QDs) on the enhancement of efficiency of Quantum Dots Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSSCs) has been investigated. InSb is synthesized by a facile solvothermal method using indium metal particles and antimony trichloride as precursors. From TEM images the average particle size of InSb was found to be less than 25 nm. The I-V data showed photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 0.8% using InSb QDs as a sensitizer layer for QDSSC. However, co-sensitization of InSb QDs and CdS QDs on the TiO2 photoanode in QDSSCs showed an enhanced PCE of 4.94% compared to that of CdS sensitized solar cells (3.52%). The InSb QD layer broadens the light absorption range with reduced spectral overlap causing an improvement in light harvesting along with suppression of surface defects which reduced the recombination losses. As a result, co-sensitized TiO2/CdS/InSb QDSSC exhibits a greatly improved PCE of 4.94%, which is 40% higher than that of TiO2/CdS (3.52%) based QDSSCs due to improved light absorption with low recombination losses. This journal is © 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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PublisherData powered by TypesetRoyal Society of Chemistry
ISSN20462069