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

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

doi:10.1002/adma.201203759

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

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

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1769-1773
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	25
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201203759
State	Published - Mar 25 2013

Keywords

colloidal quantum dots
depleted bulk heterojunction
nanowire networks
self-assembly
solution-processed photovoltaics

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Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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