High performance solid-state PbS/CuS hetero-nanostructured hetero-nanostructured

O-Hoon Kwon; Jin Hyuck Heo; Soowung Park; Sang-Wook Kim; Sang Hyuk Im

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.75, 164-170, July, 2019

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2019.03.019 Export Citation

High performance solid-state PbS/CuS hetero-nanostructured hetero-nanostructured

O-Hoon Kwon, Jin Hyuck Heo¹, Soowung Park, Sang-Wook Kim^†, and Sang Hyuk Im^{1, †}

Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
¹Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea

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PbS/CuS hetero-nanostructured (HNS) quantum dots(QDs) with finely controlled PbS core-size (~3,~5, and ~7 nm) and CuS content (4, 7, 11, 14, 17, and 45 mol%) were successfully synthesized via the suppressed cationic exchange reaction rate by reducing the reaction temperature down to -3 °C. By the precise synthesis of the PbS/CuS HNS QDs, we found that the PbS/CuS HNS QDs with~3 nm in core-size and 14 mol % CuS have the most effective charge separation/injection from the HNS QDs to the mesoscopic TiO2 electron conductor, thereby the sensitized solar cells exhibited high power conversion efficiency of 9.3%.

Keywords:PbS;CuS;Quantum dots;Hetero-nanostructure;Cationic exchange;Solar cells

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[Referenced By]

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[6] Yanga J, Zhong X, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 16553 (2016)

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[8] Lim CS, Im SH, Rhee JH, Lee YH, Kim HJ, Maiti N, Kang Y, Chang JA, Nazeeruddin MK, Gratzel M, Seok SI, J. Mater. Chem., 22, 1107 (2012)

[9] Maiti N, Im SH, Lim CS, Seok SI, Dalton Trans., 41, 11567 (2012)

[10] Luther JM, Gao JB, Lloyd MT, Semonin OE, Beard MC, Nozik AJ, Adv. Mater., 22(33), 3704 (2010)

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[14] Lee H, Leventis HC, Moon SJ, Chen P, Ito S, Haque SA, Torres T, Nuesch F, Geiger T, Zakeeruddin SM, Gratzel M, Nazeeruddin MK, Adv. Funct. Mater., 19(17), 2735 (2009)

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[29] Heo JH, Shin DH, Moon SH, Lee MH, Kim DH, Oh SH, Jo W, Im SH, Sci. Rep., 7, 16586 (2017)