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A Facet‐Specific Quantum Dot Passivation Strategy for Colloid Management and Efficient Infrared Photovoltaics

pmid: 30860292
handle: 20.500.11750/47815 , 20.500.11750/10252 , 10754/668082
AbstractColloidal nanocrystals combine size‐ and facet‐dependent properties with solution processing. They offer thus a compelling suite of materials for technological applications. Their size‐ and facet‐tunable features are studied in synthesis; however, to exploit their features in optoelectronic devices, it will be essential to translate control over size and facets from the colloid all the way to the film. Larger‐diameter colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) offer the attractive possibility of harvesting infrared (IR) solar energy beyond absorption of silicon photovoltaics. These CQDs exhibit facets (nonpolar (100)) undisplayed in small‐diameter CQDs; and the materials chemistry of smaller nanocrystals fails consequently to translate to materials for the short‐wavelength IR regime. A new colloidal management strategy targeting the passivation of both (100) and (111) facets is demonstrated using distinct choices of cations and anions. The approach leads to narrow‐bandgap CQDs with impressive colloidal stability and photoluminescence quantum yield. Photophysical studies confirm a reduction both in Stokes shift (≈47 meV) and Urbach tail (≈29 meV). This approach provides a ≈50% increase in the power conversion efficiency of IR photovoltaics compared to controls, and a ≈70% external quantum efficiency at their excitonic peak.
- University of Toronto Canada
- DGIST (대구경북과학기술원) Korea (Republic of)
- University of King's College Canada
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
infrared solar cells, sodium acetate, colloidal quantum dots, Optoelectronic devices, Power conversion efficiencies, 530, Solar power generation, Quantum efficiency, Passivation, Solar energy, Technological applications, Semiconductor quantum dots, External quantum efficiency, Narrow band gap, Sodium compounds, Photoluminescence quantum yields, facet-specific passivation, 540, narrow bandgap, Energy gap, Nanocrystals, Sols, Colloidal nanocrystals
infrared solar cells, sodium acetate, colloidal quantum dots, Optoelectronic devices, Power conversion efficiencies, 530, Solar power generation, Quantum efficiency, Passivation, Solar energy, Technological applications, Semiconductor quantum dots, External quantum efficiency, Narrow band gap, Sodium compounds, Photoluminescence quantum yields, facet-specific passivation, 540, narrow bandgap, Energy gap, Nanocrystals, Sols, Colloidal nanocrystals
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