Highly efficient, stable and reproducible CdSe-sensitized solar cells using copper sulfide as counter electrodes

Phase Conversion from Hexagonal CuSySe1–y to Cubic Cu2–xSySe1–y: Composition Variation, Morphology Evolution, Optical Tuning, and Solar Cell Applications

(2014) Jun Xu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

New Insight into Copper Sulfide Electrocatalysts for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells: Composition-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity and Stability

(2014) Chung Soo Kim et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Influence of Cu Vacancy on Knit Coir Mat Structured CuS as Counter Electrode for Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) A. Dennyson Savariraj et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Surface Engineering of ZnO Nanostructures for Semiconductor-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Jun Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A new in-situ preparation method to CuS electrodes for CdS/CdSe co-sensitized solar cells

(2014) Jing Xu et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Controlled Growth of CuS on Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers as an Efficient Counter Electrode for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Linlin Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Electroplating Cuprous Sulfide Counter Electrode for High-Efficiency Long-Term Stability Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Ke Zhao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Topotactically Grown Bismuth Sulfide Network Film on Substrate as Low-Cost Counter Electrodes for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Haijing Yu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

One-Step Electrochemical Deposition of Hierarchical CuS Nanostructures on Conductive Substrates as Robust, High-Performance Counter Electrodes for Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Feifan Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Improved performance of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells adopting a highly efficient cobalt sulfide/nickel sulfide composite thin film counter electrode

(2014) Hee-Je Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

High-Efficiency “Green” Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2014) Zhenxiao Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Honeycomb-like Mesoporous Pyrite FeS2Microspheres as Efficient Counter Electrode in Quantum Dots Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Jun Xu et al.   Small

Tetrazole thiolate/disulfide organic redox couples carrying long alkyl groups in dye-sensitized solar cells with Pt-free electrodes

(2014) Kazumasa Funabiki et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Quantum-Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Hierarchical Cu2S Microspheres Wrapped by Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets as Effective Counter Electrodes

(2014) Meidan Ye et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Optimization of TiO2photoanode films for highly efficient quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

(2014) Zhonglin Du et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Hierarchical self-assembled Cu2S nanostructures: Fast and reproducible spray deposition of effective counter electrodes for high efficiency quantum dot solar cells

(2014) Gurpreet S. Selopal et al.   Nano Energy

Investigation on New CuInS2/Carbon Composite Counter Electrodes for CdS/CdSe Cosensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Xiaolu Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Near Infrared Absorption of CdSexTe1–x Alloyed Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with More than 6% Efficiency and High Stability

(2013) Zhenxiao Pan et al.   ACS Nano

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(2013)   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Quantum dot sensitized solar cells based on an optimized combination of ZnS, CdS and CdSe with CoS and CuS counter electrodes

(2013) Nikolaos Balis et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Transparent Cu1.8S and CuS thin films on FTO as efficient counter electrode for quantum dot solar cells

(2013) Shankara Sharanappa Kalanur et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Architectured ZnO photoelectrode for high efficiency quantum dot sensitized solar cells

(2013) Jianjun Tian et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Structural, optical, and electronic stability of copper sulfide thin films grown by atomic layer deposition

(2013) Alex B. F. Martinson et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

ITO Porous Film-Supported Metal Sulfide Counter Electrodes for High-Performance Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Haining Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Earth-Abundant Cobalt Pyrite (CoS2) Thin Film on Glass as a Robust, High-Performance Counter Electrode for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Matthew S. Faber et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Novel two-step synthesis of NiS nanoplatelet arrays as efficient counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

(2013) Wei Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Efficient iron sulfide counter electrode for quantum dots-sensitized solar cells

(2013) Haining Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Core/Shell Colloidal Quantum Dot Exciplex States for the Development of Highly Efficient Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Jin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

ITO@Cu2S Tunnel Junction Nanowire Arrays as Efficient Counter Electrode for Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Yan Jiang et al.   NANO LETTERS

High performance PbS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells exceeding 4% efficiency: the role of metal precursors in the electron injection and charge separation

(2013) Victoria González-Pedro et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Development of Cu2S/carbon composite electrode for CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell modules

(2013) Dong-Mei Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Dual post-treatment: a strategy towards high efficiency quantum dot sensitized solar cells

(2013) Lili Mu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Cuprous sulfide counter electrodes prepared by ion exchange for high-efficiency quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

(2013) Chao Shen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Composite Counter Electrode Based on Nanoparticulate PbS and Carbon Black: Towards Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells with Both High Efficiency and Stability

(2012) Yueyong Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Efficient Inverted Type-I CdS/CdSe Core/Shell Structure QD-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2012) Zhenxiao Pan et al.   ACS Nano

Efficient CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells prepared by a postsynthesis assembly approach

(2012) H. Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Effect of nanostructured electrode architecture and semiconductor deposition strategy on the photovoltaic performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells

(2012) Mahmoud Samadpour et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Novel tandem structure employing mesh-structured Cu2S counter electrode for enhanced performance of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

(2012) Yue-Yong Yang et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

CdSe-sensitized mesoscopic TiO2 solar cells exhibiting >5% efficiency: redundancy of CdS buffer layer

(2012) Md. Anower Hossain et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Cu2ZnSnS4 Hierarchical Microspheres as an Effective Counter Electrode Material for Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

(2012) Jun Xu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Mn-Doped Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells: A Strategy to Boost Efficiency over 5%

(2012) Pralay K. Santra et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tandem-Layered Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Tuning the Photovoltaic Response with Luminescent Ternary Cadmium Chalcogenides

(2012) Pralay K. Santra et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Large-scale synthesis of Cu2SnS3 and Cu1.8S hierarchical microspheres as efficient counter electrode materials for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

(2012) Jun Xu et al.   Nanoscale

Photoactive p-type PbS as a counter electrode for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

(2012) Cheng-Yu Lin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synthesis of Cu1.8S and CuS from Copper-Thiourea Containing Precursors; Anionic (Cl−, NO3−, SO42−) Influence on the Product Stoichiometry

(2011) Prashant Kumar et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

PbS as a Highly Catalytic Counter Electrode for Polysulfide-Based Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2011) Zion Tachan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Cu2S Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite for High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Overcoming the Redox Limitations of S2–/Sn2– at the Counter Electrode

(2011) James G. Radich et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Understanding the Role of the Sulfide Redox Couple (S2–/Sn2–) in Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2011) Vidhya Chakrapani et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Modeling High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

(2010) Victoria González-Pedro et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2010) Zusing Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Beyond Photovoltaics: Semiconductor Nanoarchitectures for Liquid-Junction Solar Cells

(2010) Prashant V. Kamat et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Arrays and Applications of Multiple Exciton Generation to Third-Generation Photovoltaic Solar Cells

(2010) A. J. Nozik et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Screen-printed Cu2S-based Counter Electrode for Quantum-dot-sensitized Solar Cell

(2010) Minghui Deng et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2010) Sven Rühle et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Breakthroughs in the Development of Semiconductor-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2010) Iván Mora-Seró et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Improving the performance of colloidal quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells

(2009) Sixto Giménez et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Effect of sulfurization conditions on structural and electrical properties of copper sulfide films

(2008) Manisha Kundu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Light Harvesters

(2008) Prashant V. Kamat   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Factors determining the photovoltaic performance of a CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell: the role of the linker molecule and of the counter electrode

(2008) Iván Mora-Seró et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY