naa a22 4500 51082174X CHVBK 20180411083536.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11814-013-0195-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11814-013-0195-4 The effects of electrolyte additives on the cell performances of CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells [Elektronische Daten] [Songyi Park, Min-Kyu Son, Soo-Kyoung Kim, Myeong-Soo Jeong, Kandasamy Prabakar, Hee-Je Kim] The electrolyte for QDSSCs is normally a polysulfide, S2−/S x 2− , redox couple. This couple plays an important role for the regeneration of quantum dots. This study examined the effects of the electrolyte for CdS/CdSe QDSSCs. Electrolytes consisting of 1M Na2S, 2M S in a methanol and water-mixed solution at a 7: 3 ratio with or without additives such as KCl, NaOH, KOH and NaCl were used for QDSSC. The electrolyte with NaOH showed the highest conversion efficiency, 3.18%. The reasons for the improved photovoltaic characteristics were analyzed using a range of techniques. Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, Seoul, Korea, 2013 Quantum Dot-sensitized Solar Cells nationallicence CdS nationallicence CdSe nationallicence Polysulfide Electrolyte nationallicence Electrolyte Additives nationallicence Park Songyi Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut Son Min-Kyu Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut Kim Soo-Kyoung Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut Jeong Myeong-Soo Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut Prabakar Kandasamy Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut Kim Hee-Je Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/11(2013-11-01), 2088-2092 0256-1115 30:11<2088 2013 30 11814 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-013-0195-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-013-0195-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Park Songyi Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Son Min-Kyu Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Soo-Kyoung Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jeong Myeong-Soo Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Prabakar Kandasamy Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Hee-Je Department Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, 609-735, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/11(2013-11-01), 2088-2092 0256-1115 30:11<2088 2013 30 11814 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer