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Graphene Quantum Dot-Based Organic Solar Cells

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Quantum Dot Solar Cells

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Current research in organic photovoltaic (OPV) is largely focused on the development of low cost OPV materials such as semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are a fascinating class of QDs having size below 10 nm. They have emerged as an alternative to semiconductor QDs in photovoltaics due to their size-dependent photoluminescence (PL) and tunable band gap properties. They are expected to be a versatile candidate due to their low cost, non-toxicity, and biocompatibility. Recently, it has been shown that they are promising for efficient light harvesting in solar cells. Keeping this in view, we present a comprehensive review of the progress made so far for the application of GQDs in organic solar cells.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Indo-UK project “Advancing the effectiveness and production potential of excitonic solar cells (APEX).” The authors would like to thank the director, NPL, for his support. Tanvi Upreti would like to thank the Department of Science and Technology for Senior Research Fellowship. Thanks are due to R. Srivastava, N. Chaudhary, G.D. Sharma, and R. Bhardwaj for their support in this work.

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    Vinay Gupta, Tanvi Upreti & Suresh Chand

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Gupta, V., Upreti, T., Chand, S. (2014). Graphene Quantum Dot-Based Organic Solar Cells. In: Wu, J., Wang, Z. (eds) Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol 15. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8148-5_10

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