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Solid state PbS Quantum dots /TiO2 Nanoparticles heterojunction solar cell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2012

Lioz Etgar  and
Michael Grätzel
Lioz Etgar*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique et Interfaces, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Michael Grätzel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique et Interfaces, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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* lioz.etgar@epfl.ch
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Abstract

Solid state PbS Quantum Dots (QDs)/TiO2 Nanoparticles heterojunction solar cells were produced by depositing PbS QDs on a 500nm thick Mesoscopic TiO2 films using layer-by-layer deposition. The heterojunction solar cells show photovoltaic response from the visible to the near infra-red region. Importantly, the PbS QDs act here as photosensitizers and at the same time as hole conductors. The PbS QDs/TiO2 device produces a remarkable short circuit photocurrent (Jsc) of 16.3 mA/cm2, an open circuit photovoltage (Voc) of 0.54 V and a fill factor (FF) of 0.41, corresponding to a light to electric power conversion efficiency (η) of 4.04% under 0.9 sun intensity.

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thin filmphotovoltaicnanostructure

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1390: Symposium H/I – Organic Photovoltaics–Materials to Devices , 2012 , mrsf11-1390-i09-07
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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