Improving Photovoltaic Performance of ZnO Nanowires Based Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells via SnO2 Passivation Strategy

Frontiers in Energy Research

Toyoda, Taro¹  Zhang, Yaohong²  Yasuda, Hironobu³  Ozu, Shuhei⁴  Kitabatake, Yukiko⁵ 

[1] Beijing Engineering Research Centre of Sustainable Energy and Buildings, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China;Department of Applied Chemistry, Chuo University, Japan;Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Miyazaki University, Japan;Faculty of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Japan;Faculty of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

关键词: colloidal quantum dot solar cells;    PBS;    ZnO nanowire;    surface passivation;    interfacial recombination;    SnO2;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fenrg.2019.00011

学科分类：能源（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Colloidal quantum dot solar cells (CQDSCs) based on one-dimensional metal oxide nanowires (NWs) as electron transport layer (ETL) have attracted much attention due to its larger ETL/colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) contact area and longer electron transport length than other structure CQDSCs, such as planar CQDSCs. However, it is known that defect states in NWs would increase the recombination rate because of the high surface area of NWs. Here, the defect species on the ZnO NWs surface which resulted in the surface recombination and SnO2 passivation effects were investigated. Comparing with the solar cells using pristine ZnO NWs, the CQDSCs which based on SnO2 passivated ZnO NWs electrode exhibited a beneficial band alignment to charge separation, and the interfacial recombination at ZnO/CQDs interface was reduced, eventually resulted in a 40% improvement of power conversion efficiency (PCE). Overall, these findings indicate that surface passivation and the reduction of deep level defect in ETLs could contribute to improve the PCE of CQDSCs.

【 授权许可】

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