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Enhanced DSSCs efficiency via Cooperate co-absorbance (CdS QDs) and plasmonic core-shell nanoparticle (Ag@PVP)

Amiri O 1 , Salavati-Niasari M 1 , Bagheri S 2 , Yousefi AT 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Nano Science and Nano Technology, University of Kashan, Kashan, P.O. Box 87317-51167
  • 2 Nanotechnology &Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), IPS Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Department of Human Intelligence Systems, 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
Sci Rep, 2016 05 04;6:25227.
PMID: 27143126 DOI: 10.1038/srep25227

Abstract

This paper describes cooperate the co-absorbance (CdS QDs) and the plasmonic core-shell nanoparticles (Ag@PVP) of dye synthesized solar cells in which CdS QDs and Ag@PVP are incorporated into the TiO2 layer. Cooperative nanoparticles show superior behavior on enhancing light absorption in comparison with reference cells. Cooperated DSSC exhibits the best performance with the power conversion efficiency of 7.64% which is superior to that of the free-modified DSSC with the PCE of 5%. Detailed studies offer an effective approach to enhance the efficiency of dye synthesized solar cells.

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