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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 20, Issue 9, Pages 1464-1472Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200902372
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- Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- Notre Dame Energy Center
- NSF [CHE-0547784]
- Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory/Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
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Incorporating colloidal CdSe quantum dots (QDs) into CdSe nanowire (NW)-based photoelectrochemical solar cells increases their incident-photon-to-carrier conversion efficiencies (IPCE) from 13% to 25% at 500 nm. While the effect could, in principle, stem from direct absorption and subsequent carrier generation by QDs, the overall IPCE increase occurs across the entire visible spectrum, even at wavelengths where the dots do not absorb light. This beneficial effect originates from an interplay between NWs and QDs where the latter fill voids between interconnected NWs, providing electrically accessible conduits, in turn, enabling better carrier transport to electrodes. The presence of QDs furthermore reduces the residual polarization anisotropy of random NW networks. Introducing QDs therefore addresses an important limiting constraint of NW photoelectrochemical solar cells. The effect appears to be general and may aid the future design and implementation of other NW-based photovoltaics.
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