Facile synthesis of monodispersed β-HgS nano-superspheres and their optical properties

doi:10.7523/j.issn.1002-1175.2013.01.002

Abstract

Abstract:

β-HgS superspheres with uniform sizes and micro-sub-planes were synthesized by hydrothermal method. The β-HgS superspheres have very strong absorption in a wide wavelength range from ultraviolet to visible region. In addition, they show good photovoltaic behavior with short circuit current density of ～0.12 mA·cm^-2, open circuit voltage of ～0.4 V, fill factor of ～4.4%, and energy conversion efficiency of ～0.21%.

Key words: β-HgS, self-assembly, nano-superspheres, solar cell

CLC Number:

TB383.1

WANG Xiu-Xin, WU Lei, CAO Jing, LIU Ya-Ling, SONG Rui. Facile synthesis of monodispersed β-HgS nano-superspheres and their optical properties[J]. , 2013, 30(1): 6-10.

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