QUANTUM DOT SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL

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APP PUB NO 20130206215A1
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13794369

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Photoelectrochemical solar cells (PECs) have been constructed and studied, the cells comprising a photoanode prepared by direct deposition of independently synthesized nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) onto a nanocrystalline metal oxide film, aqueous electrolyte and a counter electrode. It has been shown that the light harvesting efficiency (LHE) of the NQD/metal oxide photoanode is significantly enhanced when the NQD surface passivation is changed to a smaller ligand (e.g. butylamine (BA)). In the PEC the use of NQDs with a shorter passivating ligand leads to a significant enhancement in both the electron injection efficiency at the NQD/metal oxide interface and charge collection efficiency at the NQD/electrolyte interface.

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SHARP CORPORATIONOSAKA JAPAN

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Fuke, Nobuhiro Los Alamos, US 18 128
McDaniel, Hunter Los Alamos, US 22 79

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