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A 1D conical nanotubular TiO2/CdS heterostructure with superior photon-to-electron conversion

ZAZPE MENDIOROZ, R. SOPHA, H. PŘIKRYL, J. KRBAL, M. MISTRÍK, J. DVOŘÁK, F. HROMÁDKO, L. MACÁK, J.

Originální název

A 1D conical nanotubular TiO2/CdS heterostructure with superior photon-to-electron conversion

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Herein, a new strategy to efficiently harvest photons in solar cells is presented. A solar cell heterostructure is put forward, based on a 1D conical TiO2 nanotubular scaffold of high aspect ratio, homogenously coated with a thin few nm layer of CdS light absorber using atomic layer deposition (ALD). For the first time, a large variety of conical nanotube layers with a huge span of aspect ratios was utilized and ALD was used for the preparation of a uniform CdS coating within the entire high surface area of the TiO2 nanotubes. The resulting 1D conical CdS/TiO2 tubular heterostructure acts as a sink for photons. Due to the multiple light scattering and absorption events within this nanotubular sink, a large portion of photons (nearly 80%) is converted into electrons. It is the combination of the scaffold architecture and the light absorber present on the high surface area as a very thin layer, the optimized charge transport and multiple optical effects that make this heterostructure very promising for the next generation of highly performing solar cells

Klíčová slova

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; QUANTUM DOTS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM-DIOXIDE; BAND-GAP; LOW-COST; ARRAYS

Autoři

ZAZPE MENDIOROZ, R.; SOPHA, H.; PŘIKRYL, J.; KRBAL, M.; MISTRÍK, J.; DVOŘÁK, F.; HROMÁDKO, L.; MACÁK, J.

Vydáno

21. 9. 2018

ISSN

2040-3372

Periodikum

Nanoscale

Ročník

10

Číslo

35

Stát

Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Strany od

16601

Strany do

16612

Strany počet

12

URL

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/nr/c8nr02418a#!divAbstract

BibTex

@article{BUT150268,
  author="Raúl {Zazpe Mendioroz} and Hanna Ingrid {Sopha} and Jan {Přikryl} and Miloš {Krbal} and Jan {Mistrík} and Filip {Dvořák} and Luděk {Hromádko} and Jan {Macák}",
  title="A 1D conical nanotubular TiO2/CdS heterostructure with superior photon-to-electron conversion",
  journal="Nanoscale",
  year="2018",
  volume="10",
  number="35",
  pages="16601--16612",
  doi="10.1039/c8nr02418a",
  issn="2040-3372",
  url="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/nr/c8nr02418a#!divAbstract"
}