Quantum Dot Based Solar Cells: Role of Nanoarchitectures, Perovskite Quantum Dots, and Charge-Transporting Layers

Jasmin S. Shaikh, Navajsharif S. Shaikh, Sawanta S. Mali, Jyoti V. Patil, Sonali A. Beknalkar, Akhilesh P. Patil, N. L. Tarwal, Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos, Chang Kook Hong, Pramod S. Patil

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Abstract

Quantum dot solar cells (QDSCs) are attractive technology for commercialization, owing to various advantages, such as cost effectiveness, and require relatively simple device fabrication processes. The properties of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), such as band gap energy, optical absorption, and carrier transport, can be effectively tuned by modulating their size and shape. Two types of architectures of QDSCs have been developed: 1) photoelectric cells (PECs) fabricated from QDs sensitized on nanostructured TiO2, and 2) photovoltaic cells fabricated from a Schottky junction and heterojunction. Different types of semiconductor QDs, such as a secondary, ternary, quaternary, and perovskite semiconductors, are used for the advancement of QDSCs. The major challenge in QDSCs is the presence of defects in QDs, which lead to recombination reactions and thereby limit the overall performance of the device. To tackle this problem, several strategies, such as the implementation of a passivation layer over the QD layer and the preparation of core–shell structures, have been developed. This review covers aspects of QDSCs that are essential to understand for further improvement in this field and their commercialization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4724-4753
Number of pages30
JournalChemSusChem
Volume12
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • nanostructures
  • perovskite phases
  • photochemistry
  • quantum dots
  • solar cells

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