Highly Efficiency p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Polygonal Star-morphology Cu2O Material of Photocathodes

doi:10.1007/s40242-014-4020-3

Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 661-665.doi: 10.1007/s40242-014-4020-3

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Highly Efficiency p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Polygonal Star-morphology Cu₂O Material of Photocathodes

DU Sisi, CHENG Pengfei, SUN Peng, WANG Biao, CAI Yaxin, LIU Fengmin, ZHENG Jie, LU Geyu

State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics(Jilin University Region), College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China

Online:2014-08-01 Published:2014-05-19
Contact: LIU Fengmin, LU Geyu E-mail:liufm@jlu.edu.cn;lugy@jlu.edu.cn
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.60906036, 61134010 and 61327804), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China(No.IRT13018), the National High Technolgy Research and Development Program of China(No.2013AA030902) and the Project Development Plan of Science and Technology of Jilin Province, China(No.20130521009JH).

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Cuprous oxide(Cu₂O), as an important p-type semiconductor, has been widely investigated due to its high electron transmission and facile preparation. However, the electrode made of only Cu₂O has been rarely investigated. In order to demonstrate the possibility that material Cu₂O can be applied to the electrode of p-type dye sensitized solar cells(DSSCs), the photo-electrodes made of prepared Cu₂O powder and commercial Cu₂O particles have been fabricated. The results show that the electrode based on as-prepared Cu₂O(Cu₂O-2) powder exhibits higher performance than that based on commercial Cu₂O(Cu₂O-1) particle. The device based on Cu₂O-2 electrode reaches into an open-circuit voltage of 0.71 V, a short-circuit current density of 1.3 mA/cm², a fill factor(FF) of 46%, and a conversion efficiency of 0.42% measured under AM 1.5G(100 mW/cm²) illumination. The enhancement performance of Cu₂O-2 is attributed to the high dye adsorption of Cu₂O-2 compared with that of Cu₂O-1. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest conversion efficiency value reported for solar cells based on Cu₂O-DSSC. This work provides that Cu₂O is also a candidate for constructing the electrode of p-type dye sensitized solar cells.

Key words: p-Type semiconductor, Dye-sensitized solar cell, Polygonal star-morphology Cu₂O film

DU Sisi, CHENG Pengfei, SUN Peng, WANG Biao, CAI Yaxin, LIU Fengmin, ZHENG Jie, LU Geyu. Highly Efficiency p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Polygonal Star-morphology Cu₂O Material of Photocathodes[J]. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2014, 30(4): 661-665.

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