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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 118, Issue 10, Pages 5142-5149Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp4110773
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- LMU Excellent
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM cluster)
- SolTech research network
- State of Bavaria
- German Academic Exchange Service
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The sensitization of dispersed P25 TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and macroporous TiO2 films with water-soluble and air-stable PbS quantum dots (QDs) capped with L-glutathione (GSH) ligands was investigated. Optimum sensitization was achieved by careful adjustment of the surface charges of TiO2 and PbS QDs by controlling the pH of the QD solution. Efficient electron transfer from photoexcited PbS QDs via the GSH ligands into the conduction band of TiO2 was demonstrated by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy of PbS-sensitized P25 nanoparticles. The PbS QD-sensitized porous TiO2 electrodes were used to prepare quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) utilizing a CuxSy counter electrode and aqueous polysulfide electrolyte. Cells with up to 64% injection efficiency, 1.1% AM 1.5 conversion efficiency, and short circuit current density of 7.4 mA cm(-2) were obtained. The physical parameters of the cells were investigated using impedance spectroscopy.
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