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Photovoltaics: Synergistic Interaction of Dyes and Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Advanced Cascade Cosensitized Solar Cells (Adv. Funct. Mater. 21/2015)
Author(s) -
BlasFerrando Vicente M.,
Ortiz Javier,
GonzálezPedro Victoria,
Sánchez Rafael S.,
MoraSeró Iván,
FernándezLázaro Fernando,
SastreSantos Ángela
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570143
Subject(s) - quantum dot , photovoltaics , materials science , cascade , solar cell , semiconductor , optoelectronics , sensitization , nanotechnology , zinc , electrode , photovoltaic system , chemical engineering , chemistry , engineering , ecology , metallurgy , immunology , biology
The cascade co‐sensitization concept is demonstrated by the sensitization of TiO 2 electrodes with CdS quantum dots (QDs) covalently linked to zinc phthalocyanines (ZnPcs) via a sulfur atom. As discussed by I. Mora‐Seró and Á. Sastre‐Santos on page 3220, the efficiency of co‐sensitized CdS QD‐SZnPc cells, using Co(phen) 3 ] 3+ /[Co(phen) 3 ] 2+ as electrolyte is 212% higher than that of a solar cell sensitized just with CdS QD.