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Influence of CdS sensitization on the photovoltaic performance of CdS:TiO2 solar cell

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Sensitization of the photoanode with the semiconductor quantum dot strongly affects the final performance of the device. In this work, the effect of the adsorption cycle of cadmium sulfide was analyzed for the CdS sensitizer on CdS:TiO2-based quantum dot-sensitized solar cell. The CdS sensitizer was grown on doctor blade-coated TiO2 films using successive ion layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. Porous, well adherent, and pin-hole-free TiO2 films were deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide-coated substrate. The structural, morphological, and compositional properties of TiO2 and CdS-sensitized TiO2 films were studied using UV–visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. The QDSSCs fabricated using CdS sensitizer onto TiO2 photoelectrode were tested for various adsorption cycles of CdS. The influence of various SILAR cycles of CdS sensitizers on the light-harvesting ability of the porous TiO2 photoelectrode and its subsequent highest power conversion efficiency for fabricated QDSSCs were investigated.

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Authors are thankful to DST-FIST for financial support for SEM characterization. CVJ is also grateful to the Kiran Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for partial financial support through Women Scientist Scheme-A, vide Sanction Order SR/WOS-A/PM-11/2019(G). VSK is thankful to BARTI, Pune, Government of Maharashtra, India for partial financial support through the BANRF-2018 fellowship.

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  1. Advanced Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 411007, India

    Vishal Kadam, Chaitali Jagtap & Habib Pathan

  2. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia

    Thamraa Alshahrani

  3. Interdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Firoz Khan & Amir Al-Ahmed

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Prince Naifbin Abdulaziz, Al Jamiah, Madinah, 42351, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Mohd Taukeer Khan

  5. Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    Nafis Ahmad

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Kadam, V., Jagtap, C., Alshahrani, T. et al. Influence of CdS sensitization on the photovoltaic performance of CdS:TiO2 solar cell. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 28214–28222 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07198-2

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