• DocumentCode
    3506389
  • Title

    Photovoltaic property of vertically array carbon nanotubes assembled with CdS QDs

  • Author

    Chen, Jing ; Zhou, Yidan ; Li, Chi ; Zhang, Yan ; Lei, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    9-13 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A film composed of CdS quantum dot deposited on vertical aligned carbon nanotube (v-CNT) is fabricated by the electrodeposition method. The quantum dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) based on v-CNT/CdS has the photoresponse due to the photogenerated electrons can transfer from CdS QDs to v-CNT. A photocurrent density of ~0.6 mA/cm2 and an open voltage of 0.57 V has been achieved for this novel photovoltaic cell based on VACNT/CdS nanocomposite.
  • Keywords
    cadmium compounds; carbon nanotubes; electrodeposition; nanocomposites; photoconductivity; photoemission; quantum dots; solar cells; CdS; QDSSC; VACNT; electrodeposition method; nanocomposite; photogenerated electrons; photoresponse; photovoltaic property; quantum dot; quantum dot sensitized solar cell; v-CNT; vertical array carbon nanotube; Arrays; Carbon nanotubes; Photoconductivity; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Quantum dots; CNT; CdSe; qauntum dot;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2012 25th International
  • Conference_Location
    Jeju
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1983-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVNC.2012.6316982
  • Filename
    6316982