Production of cadmium sulfide quantum dots by the lithobiontic Antarctic strain Pedobacter sp. UYP1 and their application as photosensitizer in solar cells

Table 1 QDSSC photovoltaic parameters

CdS QDs producing strain	Short current density Jsc (mA cm⁻²)	Open circuit voltage Voc (mV)	Efficiency η (%)	References
Pedobacter sp. UYP1	0.0110 ± 0.0005	162 ± 10	0.0016	This study
Escherichia coli BW25113	0.0819 ± 0.0035	279 ± 26	0.0080	[56]
Escherichia coli BW25113	0.0238 ± 0.0046	155	0.0027	[58]

CdS QDs synthetized by Pedobacter sp. UYP1 after 80 min were used as photosensitizers in solar cells. Four solar cells were constructed and the photovoltaic parameters obtained from the I–V curves. Average values and standard deviations for the assay are shown. Results from previous works were included for comparison

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