Células solares de puntos cuánticos coloidales
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Células solares de puntos cuánticos coloidalesAutoría
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Mora Seró, Iván; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de FísicaFecha de publicación
2013-07-10Editor
Universitat Jaume IResumen
Scarcity of oil reserves together with the increasing environmental awareness are
motivating the scientific community to dedicate much effort toward the development of
new technologies for producing energy from ... [+]
Scarcity of oil reserves together with the increasing environmental awareness are
motivating the scientific community to dedicate much effort toward the development of
new technologies for producing energy from renewable sources, including
photovoltaics. So far, the main handicap of this technology is the high economical cost,
therefore the researchers are focusing on the development of cheaper materials and
innovative technologies. Among all the available materials, colloidal quantum dots are
expected to be excellent candidates for photovoltaics,due to the combination of low-cost
processing, high extinction coefficients, band-gap tunability and relatively high
stability.
The present work focuses on the study of the working principles of quantum dot
based solar cells in the solid state (without liquid electrolytes), by following a standard
procedure to prepare the corresponding devices in a reproducible and systematic way.
Different samples have been prepared under different conditions and treatments to
elucidate their effect on the performance of the devices, which were characterized using
different optoelectronic techniques.
Devices are prepared on basis to the typical depleted heterojunction configuration
(Figura 1), which consists of a mesoporous electron transport layer (TiO2) deposited on
a conductive glass (FTO), a PbS quandum dot layer and finally a metalic contact (Au)
evaporated on the top. In order to reduce the number of short-circuited devices, a
compact layer of TiO2 was included between the mesoporous TiO2 layer and the FTO.
The nanostructured TiO2 electrode was functionalized with organic ligands, which
promoted an improvement on the FF values and consequently, a significant increase of
the device efficiency. Moreover, several parameters such as the amount of photoactive
material, the significance of using a mesoporous layer of TiO2 or the effect of the nature
of the inter-dot ligands, among others, were studied and optimized. After the realization
of this work, we were able to prepare devices in a reliable and systematic manner with
maximum efficiencies of 2,1%. [-]
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Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Física Aplicada. Codi: SIN019. Curs acadèmic 2012-2013
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info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisDerechos de acceso
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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