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Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots (QDs) via a hot-bubbling route and sensitized solar cells assembly

RENBAO WANG1,* , HAIHONG NIU2, TING YANG2, SHIDING MIAO2, JINZHANG XU2

Affiliation

  1. Department Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei 230601, PR China
  2. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, PR China

Abstract

CdSe quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized via a hot-bubbling route. The synthetic parameters including temperature, growth time, and feeding ratio Cd/Se were studied to show great influence on the optical properties. More than 5.0g CdSe QDs were obtained in a lab-scale synthesis at 210°C. The prepared CdSe QDs had been transferred into aqueous solution via ligand exchange. To expand the spectral response in photovoltaic devices, CdSe QDs were deposited on mesoporous TiO2-SiO2 electrode, and the solar cells (SCs) were prepared. It was found that the sensitization solar cells, for the TiO2-SiO2/CdSe(hot-bubbling) device, showed a power conversion efficiency of 1.94% under the illumination of one sun (AM1.5, 100mW/cm2), which was about as the same as the TiO2-SiO2/CdSe(hot-injection) device (η=1.74%). This research provides an alternative in the manufacturing the CdSe QDs that could find applications in photoelectrical devices..

Keywords

Hot-bubbling, CdSe quantum dots, Sensitized, Solar cells.

Citation

RENBAO WANG, HAIHONG NIU, TING YANG, SHIDING MIAO, JINZHANG XU, Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots (QDs) via a hot-bubbling route and sensitized solar cells assembly, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 14, 3-4, March-April 2020, pp.172-176 (2020).

Submitted at: Aug. 6, 2019

Accepted at: April 9, 2020