Simultaneous multiple wavelength upconversion in a core-shell nanoparticle for enhanced near infrared light harvesting in a dye-sensitized solar cell

Chunze Yuan; Guanying Chen; Lin Li; Jossana A. Damasco; Zhijun Ning; Hui Xing; Tianmu Zhang; Licheng Sun; Hao Zeng; Alexander N. Cartwright; Paras N. Prasad; Hans Ågren

doi:10.1021/am504866g

Simultaneous multiple wavelength upconversion in a core-shell nanoparticle for enhanced near infrared light harvesting in a dye-sensitized solar cell

Chunze Yuan
, Guanying Chen
, Lin Li
, Jossana A. Damasco
, Zhijun Ning
, Hui Xing
, Tianmu Zhang
, Licheng Sun
, Hao Zeng
, Alexander N. Cartwright
, Paras N. Prasad
, Hans Ågren

University at Buffalo

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
SUNY Buffalo
Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The efficiency of most photovoltaic devices is severely limited by near-infrared (NIR) transmission losses. To alleviate this limitation, a new type of colloidal upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), hexagonal core-shell-structured β-NaYbF₄:Er³⁺(2%)/NaYF₄:Nd³⁺(30%), is developed and explored in this work as an NIR energy relay material for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). These UCNPs are able to harvest light energy in multiple NIR regions, and subsequently convert the absorbed energy into visible light where the DSSCs strongly absorb. The NIR-insensitive DSSCs show compelling photocurrent increases through binary upconversion under NIR light illumination either at 785 or 980 nm, substantiating efficient energy relay by these UCNPs. The overall conversion efficiency of the DSSCs was improved with the introduction of UCNPs under simulated AM 1.5 solar irradiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18018-18025
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	6
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/am504866g
State	Published - Oct 22 2014

Keywords

dye-sensitized solar cells
energy relay
nanoparticles
near-infrared
upconversion

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Yuan, C., Chen, G., Li, L., Damasco, J. A., Ning, Z., Xing, H., Zhang, T., Sun, L., Zeng, H., Cartwright, A. N., Prasad, P. N., & Ågren, H. (2014). Simultaneous multiple wavelength upconversion in a core-shell nanoparticle for enhanced near infrared light harvesting in a dye-sensitized solar cell. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(20), 18018-18025. https://doi.org/10.1021/am504866g

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