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A poly(3-hexylthiophene) modified CdS@TiO2 shell-core nanorod array solar cell

Yingpin Li,a   Yanzhong Hao,*a   Shuo Sun,a   Bao Sun,a   Juan Pei,a   Yanhui Zhang,a   Dongsheng Xu*b  and  Lei Liuc  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Sciences, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050018, P. R. China

b Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China

c College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050018, P. R. China
E-mail: yzhao@hebust.edu.cn, dsxu@pku.edu.cn
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Abstract

In this paper, a novel solar cell device was fabricated based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) modified CdS@TiO2 shell-core nanorod array as the photoanode. To prepare the photoanode, rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays were first grown directly on fluorine doped transparent conductive glass (FTO) by a simple hydrothermal method. Then the CdS nanoparticles and a thin layer of P3HT were deposited onto the surface of the TiO2 nanorods sequentially through an electrochemical route. It was demonstrated that the surface modification of the TiO2 nanorods with CdS nanoparticles and P3HT could enhance the light absorption in the visible region. An energy conversion efficiency up to 1.38% was obtained with the designed solar cell.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA21545D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Lui 2012
Accepted
23 Nov 2012
First published
23 Nov 2012

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 1541-1546

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A poly(3-hexylthiophene) modified CdS@TiO2 shell-core nanorod array solar cell

Y. Li, Y. Hao, S. Sun, B. Sun, J. Pei, Y. Zhang, D. Xu and L. Liu, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 1541 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21545D

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