Biomass-Derived Carbon Quantum Dot Sensitizers for Solid-State Nanostructured Solar Cells

Joe Briscoe; Adam Marinovic; Marta Sevilla; Steve Dunn; Magdalena Titirici

doi:10.1002/anie.201409290

Biomass-Derived Carbon Quantum Dot Sensitizers for Solid-State Nanostructured Solar Cells

Joe Briscoe, Adam Marinovic, Marta Sevilla, Steve Dunn, Magdalena Titirici

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Abstract

New hybrid materials consisting of ZnO nanorods sensitized with three different biomass-derived carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were synthesized, characterized, and used for the first time to build solid-state nanostructured solar cells. The performance of the devices was dependent on the functional groups found on the CQDs. The highest efficiency was obtained using a layer-by-layer coating of two different types of CQDs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4463-4468
Number of pages	6
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	54
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409290
Publication status	Published - 20 Feb 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

biomass
carbon dots
hydrothermal carbonization
solar cells
sustainable chemistry

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