Facile Synthesis of Colloidal CuO Nanocrystals for Light-Harvesting Applications

被引：67

作者：

Lim, Yee-Fun ^{[1
]}

Choi, Joshua J. ^{[1
]}

Hanrath, Tobias ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Sch Chem & Biomol Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS | 2012年 / 2012卷

关键词：

SOLAR-CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; COPPER; EFFICIENCY; DEPENDENCE; GROWTH;

D O I：

10.1155/2012/393160

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

CuO is an earth-abundant, nontoxic, and low band-gap material; hence it is an attractive candidate for application in solar cells. In this paper, a synthesis of CuO nanocrystals by a facile alcohothermal route is reported. The nanocrystals are dispersible in a solvent mixture of methanol and chloroform, thus enabling the processing of CuO by solution. A bilayer solar cell comprising of CuO nanocrystals and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) achieved a power conversion efficiency of 0.04%, indicating the potential of this material for light-harvesting applications.

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