- Biomass-derived carbon quantum dot sensitizers for solid-state nanostructured solar cells.
Biomass-derived carbon quantum dot sensitizers for solid-state nanostructured solar cells.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2015-02-24)
Joe Briscoe, Adam Marinovic, Marta Sevilla, Steve Dunn, Magdalena Titirici
PMID25704873
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.