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In this paper a new cell structure is introduced to reduce the rate of CdTe corrosion in quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) using electrolyte. In this cell, one electrode is a titania nanorod that was sensitized with CdTe quantum dots as the working electrode. A thin gold layer is sputtered on the electrode to act as a protective layer against the corrosive electrolyte and to passivate the CdTe surface traps which are the main recombination centres in a QDSSC. In addition, a Schottky barrier formed at the interface of Au and CdTe prevents direct electron recombination from the CdTe conduction band with ions. The mechanism of charge transfer and quantum dot regeneration in the presence of gold layer is discussed and our results show that the solar cells made of TiO2/CdTe/Au photoanode have more photostability and a higher fill factor relative to the TiO2/CdTe photoanodes.

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