Improved power conversion efficiency for bulk heterojunction solar cells incorporating CdTe-CdSe nanoheterostructure acceptors and a conjugated polymer donor

Smita Dayal, Haizheng Zhong, Nikos Kopidakis, Gregory D. Scholes, Garry Rumbles*

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Abstract

We report photovoltaic devices based on composites of a branched nanoheterostructure containing a CdTe core and CdSe arms, CdTe(c)-CdSe(a), combined with either poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, or poly[2,6-(4,4-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b′]dithiophene)-alt-4,7-(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)], PCPDTBT, with solar power conversion efficiencies of 1.2% and 1.8%, respectively. A comparison with previously reported composite devices of a related branched nanoheterostructure: CdSe(c)-CdTe(a) reveals an improved device performance that is attributed to a better electron percolation pathway provided by the dominant, higher electron affinity CdSe arms of the nanoheterostructures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number057409
JournalJournal of Photonics for Energy
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • PCPDTBT
  • nanoheterostructures
  • p3HT
  • photovoltaic devices
  • solar power conversion efficiency

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