Self-assembled, nanowire network electrodes for depleted bulk heterojunction solar cells

Xinzheng Lan, Jing Bai, Silvia Masala, Susanna Thon, Yuan Ren, Illan J. Kramer, Sjoerd H. Hoogland, Arash Simchi, Ghada I. Koleilat, Daniel Paz-Soldan, Zhijun Ning, André J. Labelle, Jinyoung Kim, Ghassan E. Jabbour, E. H. Sargent

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Abstract

Herein, a solution-processed, bottom-up-fabricated, nanowire network electrode is developed. This electrode features a ZnO template which is converted into locally connected, infiltratable, TiO2 nanowires. This new electrode is used to build a depleted bulk heterojunction solar cell employing hybrid-passivated colloidal quantum dots. The new electrode allows the application of a thicker, and thus more light-absorbing, colloidal quantum dot active layer, from which charge extraction of an efficiency comparable to that obtained from a thinner, planar device could be obtained. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1769-1773
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume25
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 6 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering

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