solar cells sensitized with molecular dipole-modified quantum dots v. done--helen
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Speaker: Helen Huang
Department of Chemical Engineering
Rutgers University
Advisor: Prof. Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa
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Outline
1. Introduction of solar cell
2. Quantum dot sensitized solar cell
a. Introduction of quantum dots
b. Quantum dots as solar cell sensitizer
3. Solar cell sensitized with molecular dipole-
modified quantum dots
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Introduction of Solar Cell
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Derivation of Solar Cell
• Need for renewable energy
– Energy crisis and environmental
reasons
• Solar cell
– Harness the energy of sun
– Convert energy of light into
electricity
• The world's first photovoltaic cell
– A. E. Becquerel, in 1839
4 http://environmentalgeography.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/appro
aches-to-the-environment/
http://www.ief-energy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/solarcal.jpg
Fig 1. Environmental pollution
Fig 2. Solar cell
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Mechanism of Solar Cell (Photovoltaic Cell)
• Convert energy of light into
electricity
1. Absorb light and generate
electron-hole pairs (excitons)
2. The separation of and
charge carriers
3. Extraction of charge carriers to an
external circuit
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Ref: http://www.mrsolar.com/images/solar-panel-diagram.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell
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Fig 3. Mechanism of solar cell
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Types of Solar Cell Materials
1. Crystalline silicon based solar cell
– Expensive to manufacturing
2. Thin film solar cell
– Silicon thin films
– Cadmium telluride
– Copper-indium-gallium selenide
6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell
http://www.sunconnect.com.au/solar-panel-info/types-of-solar-panels/
Fig 4. Polycrystalline solar cell
Fig 5. Monocrystalline solar cell
Fig 6. Thin film solar cell
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Types of Solar Cell Material—Contd.
Made via chemical solution process
1. Dye sensitized solar cell
– costly ruthenium (dye), platinum (catalyst)
and organic solvent in the synthesis
2. Quantum dot sensitized solar cell
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http://inhabitat.com/canadian-researchers-move-closer-to-affordable-
efficient-solar-power/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Sargent_Group_
quantum_dot_solar_cell.jpg
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Quantum Dot Sensitized
Solar Cell (QDSSC)
http://www3.nd.edu/~kamatlab/research_solarCells.html http://www.theochem.kth.se/
Zaban et al., Nano Lett., 2013, 13, 4456
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Photoelectrochemical Behavior of
Thin CdSe and Coupled
TiO2/CdSe Semiconductor Films
9 Gratzel et al., Nature 1991, 353, 737.
Hodes et al., Langmuir 1992, 8, 749.
Kamat et al., J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 10769
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What Are Quantum Dots
(QDs) ?
http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=29421
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Properties of semiconductors:
1. Exciton
An electron-hole pair forming
when a photon is absorbed by
a semiconductor
VB e
- CB
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Semiconductor Nanocrystals
(Quantum Dots)
Band gap
Nanocrystal Bulk
semiconductor
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Fig.1 The correlation of density of states and energy in different nanomaterials
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Quantum Dots—Nanomaterials
Definition:
A semiconductor whose excitons are confined in all three spatial
dimensions
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Bulk solid: Quasicontinuous energy
Nanocrystal: Quantized band states
• Charge carrier
– Difference among energy level
Size-Quantization Effect
Size↓ ,VB and CB become more
discrete
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CdSe QDs in different sizes:
2.2, 2.6, 3.2, 4.3 and 5.5 nm
Valence
Band
Conduction
Band
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Configuration
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QD sensitizer
Metal oxide—i.e. TiO2
Ph
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Electrolyte
TiO2 film: Porous material
Surface area
Absorb sensitizer
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QD Synthesis
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Deposition of QDs onto TiO2 electrodes
Scheme 1: Sensitize the TiO2 film with CdS QDs
Cd(ClO4)2 Na2S
Rinse CdS QDs
on TiO2
Step1 Step2
Park et al. Scientific Report, 2013, 3, 1050
Arie Zaban et al., J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2009, 131, 9876
TiO2
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Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSSC)—
Mechanism
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Advantages of QDs as Solar Cell Sensitizer
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CdSe QDs in different sizes:
2.2, 2.6, 3.2, 4.3 and 5.5 nm
1) Broad excitation spectra and
large absorption coefficients
2) Size-dependent tunable
energy gaps
A.J. Nozik, Physica E, 2002, 14, 115
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Advantages of QDs as
Solar Cell Sensitizer--
Contd.
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3) Multiple exciton generation1
One photon yields more
than one electron-hole
pairs
More electricity
4) Manufacturing through
chemical solution process
Lower cost
Relative ease of
preparation 1. D. Timmerman, Nature Photonics, 2008, 2, 105
A.J. Nozik, Physica E, 2002, 14, 115
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QD
Metal oxide—i.e. TiO2
Ph
oto
an
od
e
Electrolyte
Approaches to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
1. Metal oxide material
I.e. TiO2, ZnO
2. QD sensitizer
I.e. CdTe, CdS
3. Electrolyte
4. Counter electrode
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Solar Cell Sensitized with
Molecular Dipole-Modified
Quantum Dots
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CdS QDs
on TiO2
Energy Level Alignment in CdS QDSSCs Using
Molecular Dipoles Arie Zaban et al., J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2009, 131, 9876–9877
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Table 1.
Figure Incident photon to current
efficiency (IPCE)
IPC
E[%
]
(c) Negative molecular dipoles QD energy level ↑
Electron injection↑
(b) Positive molecular dipoles QD energy level ↓
Electron injection↓
a) TiO2
Electrolyte
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Acknowledgement
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Tewodrows Asefa’s group
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Q&A?
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