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Photo-supercapacitor based on quantum dot-sensitized solar cells and active carbon supercapacitors

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Photo-supercapacitors, devices that integrate solar cells and supercapacitors, can convert and store solar energy simultaneously, which is ideal for utilizing solar energy to reduce the consume of fossil fuels. Herein, we designed and fabricated a photo-supercapacitor based on a CdS/CdSe quantum dots co-sensitized solar cell and an active carbon-based supercapacitor with a shared electrode and separate aqueous electrolytes. The device achieved a 2.66% overall efficiency when being photo-charged and galvanostatic discharged at 1 mA/cm2, with an areal capacitance of 132.83 mF/cm2 and an energy density of 23.9 mJ/cm2. The device also showed good stability, remaining 76.7% of its initial overall efficiency after 100 cycles. The properties make the device suitable for miniaturized and self-powered electronic devices.

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This research was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 62004014, 62004015, 61625501, 62027822), Department of Science and technology of Jilin Province (20210101077JC).

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    Ruifeng Zheng, Hongbo Li, Zhenyu Hu, Liying Wang & Wei Lü

  2. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China

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RZ: conceptualization, methodology, material preparation, device fabrication and writing. HL: data curation. ZH: data analysis. LW: funding acquisition. WL: review and editing of the manuscript, funding acquisition. FL: review and editing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zheng, R., Li, H., Hu, Z. et al. Photo-supercapacitor based on quantum dot-sensitized solar cells and active carbon supercapacitors. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 22309–22318 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09010-1

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