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Enhanced Performance of Near-Infrared-Absorption CdSeTe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Via Octa-Aminopropyl Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Modification

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

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Ruina Ma

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

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An Du

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

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Yinan Zhang

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

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Xue Zhao

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

E-mail Address: zhaoxue@hebut.edu.cn

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Yongzhe Fan

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

E-mail Address: fyz@hebut.edu.cn

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Xiaoming Cao

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 29 Guangrong Road, Tianjin 300130, P. R. China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292019500875Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The charge recombination caused by surface defects limits photovoltaic properties of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs), which can be suppressed by modifying organic or inorganic molecules and atomic ligands. In this paper, octa-aminopropyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OA-POSS) connected and modified near-infrared absorption CdSeTe quantum dots (QDs) through coupling agent (1-ethyl-3-3-dimethylaminopropyl carbodiimide hydrochloride). The results suggest that OA-POSS reduces the surface defects of CdSeTe QDs and suppresses charge recombination. Therefore, the power conversion efficiency improves nearly 41%, which increases from 2.00% to 2.82%.

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