Charge separation in solid-state gold nanoparticles-sensitized photovoltaic cell

  • Yang Tian*
  • , Xiu Shi
  • , Chunqiang Lu
  • , Xiting Wang
  • , Shilong Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Photoinduced, interfacial charge separation across a gold nanoparticles-sensitized solid-state heterojunction by means of transient absorption laser spectroscopy is first reported: charge is separated by that electron transfer from the excited gold particle to TiO2 and that from a donor to the gold particle. Based on this charge separation, solid-state gold nanoparticles-sensitized photovoltaic cell is successfully achieved using polyethylene oxide (PEO) filled with TiO2 instead of a liquid electrolyte. As a low-cost solid-state photovoltaic cell, its incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE) was achieved to be ∼6% with PEO filled with TiO2 nanoparticles containing the optimized redox couples of I-/I3-. The stability of the photovoltaic cell was proved to be relatively long.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1603-1605
Number of pages3
JournalElectrochemistry Communications
Volume11
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Charge separation
  • Gold nanoparticles
  • Photovoltaic cell
  • Plasmon
  • Solid-state heterojunction

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