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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Enhanced photovoltaic response of the first polyoxometalate-modified zinc oxide photoanode for solar cell application†

Xinze Luo,ab   Fengyan Li,a   Bingbing Xu,*a   Zhixia Suna  and  Lin Xu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalates Science of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
E-mail: linxu@nenu.edu.cn, xubb588@nenu.edu.cn
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Tel: +86 431 8509 8760

b College of Chemistry and Biological Science, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China

Abstract

A photovoltaic electrode consisting of polyoxometalate (SiW12) and zinc oxide (ZnO) was fabricated on indium tin oxide (ITO) glass by one-step electrodeposition. The addition of SiW12 strongly influences the morphology and crystallographic orientation of the ZnO. The photovoltaic properties of the ZnO film and the SiW12–ZnO composite films were investigated via solar cell assembly. Both transient photocurrent and current–voltage curve measurements demonstrate that the photocurrent and power conversion efficiency of the SiW12–ZnO composite film were markedly enhanced in comparison with that of the ZnO film. Based on the results of fluorescence quenching measurements, the enhanced photovoltaic effect should be attributed to the occurrence of the photoinduced electron transfer between polyoxometalate and ZnO, which increases the efficient dissociation of excited electron–hole pairs (excitons).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM16018H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Nov 2011
Accepted
25 May 2012
First published
27 Jun 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 15050-15055

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Enhanced photovoltaic response of the first polyoxometalate-modified zinc oxide photoanode for solar cell application

X. Luo, F. Li, B. Xu, Z. Sun and L. Xu, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 15050 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16018H

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