Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance and X-ray Sensing Capabilities of MoSe2 Nanosheet-Based Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: A Comparative Study of Power Conversion Efficiency and Sensitivity

Sikandar Aftab; Hailiang Liu; Maria Mukhtar; Dhanasekaran Vikraman; Sajjad Hussain; Jungwon Kang; Abdullah A. Al-Kahtani; Ghulam M. Mustafa; Burragoni Sravanthi Goud; Jae Hong Kim

doi:10.1021/acsaelm.4c02061

Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance and X-ray Sensing Capabilities of MoSe₂ Nanosheet-Based Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: A Comparative Study of Power Conversion Efficiency and Sensitivity

Sikandar Aftab, Hailiang Liu, Maria Mukhtar, Dhanasekaran Vikraman, Sajjad Hussain, Jungwon Kang, Abdullah A. Al-Kahtani, Ghulam M. Mustafa, Burragoni Sravanthi Goud, Jae Hong Kim

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Abstract

This study focuses on the photovoltaic performance of MoSe₂ nanosheet-based bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells, with particular attention paid to power conversion efficiency (PCE) and other important parameters. The PCE values of the pure solar cell are 5.88%, while those of NS1, NS2, and NS3 are 6.61, 8.39, and 7.37%, respectively. The optimized MoSe₂ NS2 hybrid at 5 wt % in the active layer exhibits the highest PCE of 8.39%, the highest short-circuit current density of 15.865 mA/cm², and the highest open-circuit voltage of 0.837 V which outperforming other configurations. Turning our attention to X-ray detectors, we find that the same concentration of MoSe₂ NS2 works best, producing the highest sensitivity of 2.65 mA/Gy·cm² and a collected current density of 8.85 μA/cm². These results highlight how versatile MoSe₂ NSs are in improving the performance of solar cells and X-ray detectors. MoSe₂ NS2 at 5 wt % stands out as a particularly promising configuration for effective energy conversion and X-ray sensing applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	590-600
Number of pages	11
Journal	ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.4c02061
State	Published - 14 Jan 2025

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BHJ PSCs
MoSe NSs
X-ray detectors
nanomaterials
polymer chemistry

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Aftab, S., Liu, H., Mukhtar, M., Vikraman, D., Hussain, S., Kang, J., Al-Kahtani, A. A., Mustafa, G. M., Goud, B. S., & Kim, J. H. (2025). Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance and X-ray Sensing Capabilities of MoSe₂ Nanosheet-Based Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: A Comparative Study of Power Conversion Efficiency and Sensitivity. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 7(1), 590-600. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.4c02061

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Aftab, S, Liu, H, Mukhtar, M, Vikraman, D, Hussain, S, Kang, J, Al-Kahtani, AA, Mustafa, GM, Goud, BS & Kim, JH 2025, 'Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance and X-ray Sensing Capabilities of MoSe₂ Nanosheet-Based Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: A Comparative Study of Power Conversion Efficiency and Sensitivity', ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 590-600. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.4c02061

Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance and X-ray Sensing Capabilities of MoSe₂ Nanosheet-Based Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: A Comparative Study of Power Conversion Efficiency and Sensitivity. / Aftab, Sikandar; Liu, Hailiang; Mukhtar, Maria et al.
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