120th General Meeting of the KCS

Type Symposium
Area Current Trends in Electrochemistry for Energy Conversion
Room No. Room 201+202
Time THU 14:20-:
Code ELEC1-3
Subject Gold Nanoclusters: A New Light Harvesting Antenna for Solar Energy Conversion
Authors Jin Ho Bang
Department of Bionano Technology, Department of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea
Abstract Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with molecule-like behavior have emerged as a new light harvester in solar energy conversion systems. Despite several important strides made recently, efforts toward the utilization of NCs as a light harvester have been primarily restricted to proving their potency and feasibility. A complete characterization of metal cluster-sensitized solar cells (MCSSCs) is still lacking, and hence comprehensive understanding of the interfacial events and limiting factors that dictate their performance remains elusive. In this presentation, the investigation on the effect of the size of the Au NCs and electrolytes on the performance of MCSSCs is presented and their implication in MCSSCs is discussed.
E-mail jbang@hanyang.ac.kr