Reduced graphene oxide-supported aggregates of CuInS2 quantum dots as an effective hybrid electron acceptor for polymer-based solar cells》.pdf

Carbon 96 (2016) 532e540 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Carbon journal homepage: /locate/carbon Reduced graphene oxide-supported aggregates of CuInS2 quantum dots as an effective hybrid electron acceptor for polymer-based solar cells Weili Meng a, b, Xun Zhou a, Zeliang Qiu a, Changwen Liu a, Junwei Chen a, b, Wenjin Yue c, Mingtai Wang a, *, Hong Bi d, ** a Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China b University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China c School of Biochemical Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, PR China d College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A hybrid featuring the CuInS quantum dots (CuInS -QDs) on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets is 2 2 Received 31 July 2015 synthesized by a facile one-pot solvothermal approach with thiourea as S source, in which graphene Received in revised form oxide (GO) sheets are reduced into rGO sheets in course of the CuInS2-QDs aggregate growth. The growth 16 September 2015 2þ mechanism of the hybrid is elucidated. It is found that adsorption of Cu cations mainl