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Semiconductor Nanostructured Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics

November 7, 2012 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Presenter 
Zhiqun Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology
Location 
Building 440, Room A105-106
Type 
Colloquium
Series 
CNM Nanoscience Colloquium
Refreshments will be available at 3:30 p.m.

Abstract:
Functional polymers and nanocrystals are promising building blocks for advanced materials and devices. In this talk, I will present our efforts on nanostructured functional materials from synthesis, self-assembly to solar energy applications.

Two studies will be discussed:

  1. Semiconductor conjugated polymer-quantum dot (CP-QD) and conjugated polymer-quantum rod (CP-QR) nanocomposites via directly grafting CP onto QD and QR surface by Heck coupling and click reaction, and their potential applications in nanohybrid solar cells; and
  2. Low-cost, high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) through the use of nanostructured TiO2 (e.g., nanotubes and nanoflowers) as photoanode, and earth abundant, environmentally friendly quaternary semiconductor copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) as counterelectrode.