Table 1 Overview of some recent results in the world for PV cells based on CdS.
Composition of hybrid heterojunction | Morphology of heterojunction (HJ) | PCE, % | Illumination level | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CdS/PPY | Nanorod core—polymer shell HJ | 0.018 | 6.05 mW/cm2 | Y.Guo et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett.1 (2010) 327 |
CdS/P3HT | Polycrystalline film—polymerHJ | 0.15 | AM1.5 | S.A. Yuksel et al., Thin Solid Films 540 (2013) 242. |
CdS/P3HT | Nanocrystal—polymer BHJ | 4.1 | AM1.5 | S.Ren et al., Nano Letters, 11 (2011) 3998 |
CdS/MEH-PPV | Nanocrystal—polymer BHJ | 0.6 | AM1.5 | Y.Kang, D.Kim, Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 90 (2006) 166 |
CdS/MEH-PPV | NW array—polymer BHJ | 0.035 | AM1.5 | X.Jiang et al., Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 94 (2010) 338. |
CdS/MEH-PPV | NW array—polymer BHJ | 1.17 | AM1.5 | L. Wang et al., J. Phys. Chem. C 111(2007) 9538 |
CdS/MEH-PPV | NW array—polymer BHJ | 1.62 | AM1.5 | J.-C. Lee et al., Electrochem. Commun. 11 (2009) 231. |
CdS/N719/P3HT | Dye-sensitized polycrystalline film | 1.31 | AM1.5 | M. Zhong et al., Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 96 (2012) 160. |
CdS/Rhodamine B | NW array loaded with dye in DSSC | 0.12 × 10−5 | AM1.5 | B. Sankapal et al., J. Alloy. Compd. 651 (2015) 399. |
CdS/Cu2S | Nanorod core-shell HJ | 5.4 | AM1.5 | J.Tang et al., Nature Nanotechnol. 6 (2011) 568. |
CdS/CdTe | Nanorod core-shell HJ | 6.0 | AM1.5 | Z. Fang et al., Nature Mater. 8 (2009) 648 |
CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 | Nanorod core-shell HJ | 6.18 | AM1.5 | W.-C. Kwak et al., Cryst. Growth Des. 10 (2010) 5297. |