Facile Synthesis of Colloidal CuO Nanocrystals for Light-Harvesting Applications

被引：64
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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