Open AccessFabrication of Ordered One-dimensional P3HT/CdS/TiO2/ZnO Core-Shell Nanorod Array and Their Application to Hybrid Solar Cell
Author(s) -
Hongchun Yuan,
Yi Cao,
Bin Sun,
Yanhui Zhang,
Yingpin Li,
Dongsheng Xu,
Xiangling Li
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
huaxue xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.565
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0567-7351
DOI - 10.6023/a1110242
Subject(s) - nanorod , fabrication , chemistry , solar cell , nanotechnology , core (optical fiber) , shell (structure) , optoelectronics , optics , composite material , materials science , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
In this paper, ordered one-dimensional poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/CdS/TiO2/ZnO core-shell nanorod arrays were fabricated. Highly ordered and vertically oriented one-dimensional ZnO nanorod arrays were electrodeposited on the indium-tin oxide (ITO) glass substrates. TiO2 sol was deposited on ZnO nano- rod array by dip-coating to obtain TiO2/ZnO core-shell nanorod array. CdS nanocrystals were electrodepos- ited on the TiO2/ZnO core-shell nanorods to fabricate CdS/TiO2/ZnO core-shell nanorod arrays. Then a thin P3HT layer was electrodeposited on the CdS/TiO2/ZnO core-shell nanorod arrays to prepare the photoanode of the nanostructured hybrid solar cell. The photovoltaic performance of the hybrid solar cell was tested, and the mechanism of the solar cell was investigated. Keywords TiO2/ZnO one-dimensional core-shell nanorod arrays; CdS nanocrystals; P3HT; nanostructured hybrid solar cell