Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots for quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Journal Article · Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872686· OSTI ID:22269520

Singh, Neetu; Kapoor, Avinashi ^[1]; Kumar, Vinod ^[2]; Mehra, R. M. ^[3]

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1. Department of Electronic Science, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi-110 021 (India)
2. Department of Physics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, ZA9300 (South Africa)
3. School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida-201 306, U.P. (India)

CdSe Quantum Dots (QDs) of size 0.85 nm were synthesized using chemical route. ZnO based Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell (QDSSC) was fabricated using CdSe QDs as sensitizer. The Pre-synthesized QDs were found to be successfully adsorbed on front ZnO electrode and had potential to replace organic dyes in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs). The efficiency of QDSSC was obtained to be 2.06 % at AM 1.5.

• OSTI ID: 22269520
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1591, Issue 1; Conference: 58. DAE solid state physics symposium 2013, Patiala, Punjab (India), 17-21 Dec 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
14 SOLAR ENERGY
CADMIUM SELENIDES
DYES
ELECTRODES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
QUANTUM DOTS
SENSITIZERS
SOLAR CELLS
SYNTHESIS
ZINC OXIDES