Lead sulphide sensitized ZrO2 photoanode for solar cell application with MoO3 as a counter electrode

被引:9
作者
Bhalekar, Vikram P. [1 ]
Baviskar, Prashant K. [1 ]
Prasad, Bikram [1 ]
Beedri, Niyamat I. [1 ]
Kadam, Vishal S. [1 ]
Pathan, Habib M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Savitribai Phule Pune Univ, Adv Phys Lab, Dept Phys, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India
关键词
ZrO2; PbS; Surface passivation; Chemical route; MoO3; EIS; Solar cells; CHARGE SEPARATION; DYE; FILMS; PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.1016/j.cplett.2017.10.001
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Room temperature Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction technique was efficiently used to sensitize PbS on ZrO2 for device grade application. The chemical approach used in present study to lower down the development cost. UV-Vis study of PbS sensitized ZrO2 showed good optical coverage over the visible region. Finally, the device fabrication was done for PbS sensitized ZrO2 as photoanode, poly-sulphide as electrolyte and MoO3 as a counter electrode. The effect of surface passivation (ZnS) over PbS is also examined. Surface passivated ZrO2/PbS device shows the improvement in efficiency of 1.53% which is similar to 3 times higher than ZrO2/PbS (0.55%). (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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