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Enhanced light harvesting and charge recombination control with TiO 2 /PbCdS/CdS based quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Debnath T, Parui K, Maiti S, Ghosh HN. An Insight into the Interface through Excited-State Carrier Dynamics for Promising Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency in a Mn-Doped CdZnSSe Gradient Alloy. Chemistry 2017; 23:3755-3763. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tushar Debnath
- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Mumbai 400 085 India), Fax
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Mumbai 400 085 India), Fax
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Mumbai 400 085 India), Fax
- Department of Chemistry; Savitribai Phule Pune University; Pune 411007 India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Mumbai 400 085 India), Fax
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology; Mohali Punjab 16062 India
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Peng W, Du J, Pan Z, Nakazawa N, Sun J, Du Z, Shen G, Yu J, Hu JS, Shen Q, Zhong X. Alloying Strategy in Cu-In-Ga-Se Quantum Dots for High Efficiency Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:5328-5336. [PMID: 28092935 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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I-III-VI2 group "green" quantum dots (QDs) are attracting increasing attention in photoelectronic conversion applications. Herein, on the basis of the "simultaneous nucleation and growth" approach, Cu-In-Ga-Se (CIGSe) QDs with light harvesting range of about 1000 nm were synthesized and used as sensitizer to construct quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), wild-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses demonstrate that the Ga element was alloyed in the Cu-In-Se (CISe) host. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and femtosecond (fs) resolution transient absorption (TA) measurement results indicate that the alloying strategy could optimize the electronic structure in the obtained CIGSe QD material, thus matching well with TiO2 substrate and favoring the photogenerated electron extraction. Open circuit voltage decay (OCVD) and impedance spectroscopy (IS) tests indicate that the intrinsic recombination in CIGSe QDSCs was well suppressed relative to that in CISe QDSCs. As a result, CIGSe based QDSCs with use of titanium mesh supported mesoporous carbon counter electrode exhibited a champion efficiency of 11.49% (Jsc = 25.01 mA/cm2, Voc = 0.740 V, FF = 0.621) under the irradiation of full one sun in comparison with 9.46% for CISe QDSCs.
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- Wenxiang Peng
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications , Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications , Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
- College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University , 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Li CT, Lin RYY, Lin JT. Sensitizers for Aqueous-Based Solar Cells. Chem Asian J 2017; 12:486-496. [PMID: 28070969 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201601627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 01/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are attractive due to their sustainability, the use of water as a safe solvent for the redox mediators, and their possible applications in photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, the higher tendency of dye leaching by water and the lower wettability of dye molecules are two major obstacles that need to be tackled for future applications of aqueous DSSCs. Sensitizers designed for aqueous DSSCs are discussed based on their functions, such as modification of the molecular skeleton and the anchoring group for better stability against dye leaching by water, and the incorporation of hydrophilic entities into the dye molecule or the addition of a surfactant to the system to increase the wettability of the dye for more facile dye regeneration. Surface treatment of the photoanode to deter dye leaching or improve the wettability of the dye molecule is also discussed. Redox mediators designed for aqueous DSSCs are also discussed. The review also includes quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells, with a focus on improvements in QD loading and suppression of interfacial charge recombination at the photoanode.
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- Chun-Ting Li
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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Higashimoto S, Okada T, Arase T, Azuma M, Yamamoto M, Takahashi M. High performance of TiO2 based solar cells sensitized with copper-indium sulfide colloids prepared in water: Roles of surface modifications with indium sulfide and zinc sulfide by SILAR methods. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang W, Du J, Ren Z, Peng W, Pan Z, Zhong X. Improving Loading Amount and Performance of Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells through Metal Salt Solutions Treatment on Photoanode. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:31006-31015. [PMID: 27797169 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Increasing QD loading amount on photoanode and suppressing charge recombination are prerequisite for high-efficiency quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). Herein, a facile technique for enhancing the loading amount of QDs on photoanode and therefore improving the photovoltaic performance of the resultant cell devices is developed by pipetting metal salt aqueous solutions on TiO2 film electrode and then evaporating at elevated temperature. The effect of different metal salt solutions was investigated, and experimental results indicated that the isoelectric point (IEP) of metal ions influenced the loading amount of QDs and consequently the photovoltaic performance of the resultant cell devices. The influence of anions was also investigated, and the results indicated that anions of strong acid made no difference, while acetate anion hampered the performance of solar cells. Infrared spectroscopy confirmed the formation of oxyhydroxides, whose behavior was responsible for QD loading amount and thus solar cell performance. Suppressed charge recombination based on Mg2+ treatment under optimal conditions was confirmed by impedance spectroscopy as well as transient photovoltage decay measurement. Combined with high-QD loading amount and retarded charge recombination, the champion cell based on Mg2+ treatment exhibited an efficiency of 9.73% (Jsc = 27.28 mA/cm2, Voc = 0.609 V, FF = 0.585) under AM 1.5 G full 1 sun irradiation. The obtained efficiency was one of the best performances for liquid-junction QDSCs, which exhibited a 10% improvement over the untreated cells with the highest efficiency of 8.85%.
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- Wenran Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China
- College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University , 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Qiu Q, Zhao L, Li S, Wang D, Xu L, Lin Y, Xie T. Suppress the Charge Recombination in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells by Construct the Al-treated TiO 2/TiO 2NRAs Heterojunctions. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Qingqing Qiu
- College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P.R.(China
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- College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P.R.(China
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- College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P.R.(China
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- College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P.R.(China
- Department of Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R.(China
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- Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electric Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering; Harbin Normal University; Harbin 150025 PR China
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- College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P.R.(China
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- College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P.R.(China
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Rivera-González N, Chauhan S, Watson DF. Aminoalkanoic Acids as Alternatives to Mercaptoalkanoic Acids for the Linker-Assisted Attachment of Quantum Dots to TiO2. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:9206-9215. [PMID: 27541724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Linear aminoalkanoic acids (AAAs) and mercaptoalkanoic acids (MAAs) were characterized as bifunctional ligands to tether CdSe QDs to nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films and to mediate excited-state electron transfer (ET) from the QDs to TiO2 nanoparticles. The adsorption of 12-aminododecanoic acid (ADA) and 12-mercaptododecanoic acid (ADA) to TiO2 followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Surface adduct formation constants (Kad) were ∼10(4) M(-1); saturation amounts of the ligands per projected surface area of TiO2 (Γ0) were ∼10(-7) mol cm(-2). Both Kad and Γ0 differed by 20% or less for the two linkers. CdSe QDs adhered to ADA- and MDA-functionalized TiO2 films; data were well modeled by the Langmuir adsorption isotherm and Langmuir kinetics. For ADA- and MDA-mediated assembly values of Kad were (1.8 ± 0.4) × 10(6) and (2.4 ± 0.4) × 10(6) M(-1), values of Γ0 were (1.6 ± 0.3) × 10(-9) and (1.2 ± 0.1) × 10(-9) mol cm(-2), and rate constants were (14 ± 5) and (60 ± 20) M(-1) s(-1), respectively. Thus, the thermodynamics and kinetics of linker-assisted assembly were slightly more favorable for MDA than for ADA. Steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy revealed that electrons were transferred from both band-edge and surface states of CdSe QDs to TiO2 with rate constants (ket) of ∼10(7) s(-1). ET was approximately twice as fast through thiol-bearing linker 4-mercaptobutyric acid (MBA) as through amine-bearing linker 4-aminobutyric acid (ABA). Photoexcited QDs transferred holes to adsorbed MBA. In contrast, ABA did not scavenge photogenerated holes from CdSe QDs, which maximized the separation of charges following ET. Additionally, ABA shifted electron-trapping surface states to higher energies, minimizing the loss of potential energy of electrons prior to ET. These trade-offs involving the kinetics and thermodynamics of linker-assisted assembly; the driving force, rate constant, and efficiency of ET; and the extent of photoinduced charge separation can inform the selection bifunctional ligands to tether QDs to surfaces.
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- Natalia Rivera-González
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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Raevskaya AE, Alontseva VV, Kozytskiy AV, Stroyuk OL, Dzhagan VM, Zahn DRT. Photoelectrochemical Properties of Titanium Dioxide Nanoheterostructures with Low-Dimensional Cadmium Selenide Particles. THEOR EXP CHEM+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11237-016-9463-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shen C, Fichou D, Wang Q. Interfacial Engineering for Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:1183-93. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Chao Shen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Faculty of Engineering, NUSNNI-NanoCore; National University of Singapore; 117576 Singapore Singapore
- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; 637371 Singapore Singapore
- Sorbonne Universités; UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8232; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire; 75005 Paris France
- CNRS, UMR 8232; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire; 75005 Paris France
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Faculty of Engineering, NUSNNI-NanoCore; National University of Singapore; 117576 Singapore Singapore
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Chauhan S, Watson DF. Photoinduced electron transfer from quantum dots to TiO2: elucidating the involvement of excitonic and surface states. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:20466-75. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03813a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CdSe QDs transfer electrons from band-edge and surface states to TiO2; core/shell CdSe/ZnS QDs transfer electrons exclusively from band-edge states.
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- Saurabh Chauhan
- Department of Chemistry
- University at Buffalo
- The State University of New York
- Buffalo
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University at Buffalo
- The State University of New York
- Buffalo
- USA
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Lee YS, Gopi CVVM, Venkata-Haritha M, Kim HJ. Recombination control in high-performance quantum dot-sensitized solar cells with a novel TiO2/ZnS/CdS/ZnS heterostructure. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:12914-23. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt02531e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A superior photovoltaic performance is obtained with a TiO2/ZnS/CdS/ZnS heterostructure with controlled recombination.
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- Young-Seok Lee
- School of Electrical Engineering
- Pusan National University
- Busan
- South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering
- Pusan National University
- Busan
- South Korea
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Jiang J, Wang K, Liu Q, Zhai J. Optimizing CdS intermediate layer of CdS/CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells to increase light harvesting ability and improve charge separation efficiency. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15937k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A modified Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) technique with the addition of a triethanolamine (TEA) additive into a cationic precursor solution was utilized to optimize the CdS intermediate layer to enhance the performance.
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- Jiaqiao Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Beihang University
- Beijing
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing
- Shangqiu Normal University
- Shangqiu
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Beihang University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Beihang University
- Beijing
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