Electrocatalytic sulfur electrodes for CdS/CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Zusing Yang; Chia-Ying Chen; Chi-Wei Liu; Huan-Tsung Chang

doi:10.1039/c0cc00642d

Electrocatalytic sulfur electrodes for CdS/CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Aug 14;46(30):5485-7. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00642d. Epub 2010 Jun 30.

Authors

Zusing Yang¹, Chia-Ying Chen, Chi-Wei Liu, Huan-Tsung Chang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.

PMID: 20593083
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00642d

Abstract

We have fabricated highly efficient CdS/CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) featuring low-cost cobalt sulfide (CoS) counter electrodes. Under 100 mW cm(-2) irradiation, the CdS/CdSe QDSSC featuring a CoS electrode provided an energy conversion efficiency as high as 3.4%.