量子点
带隙
材料科学
光伏
光电子学
光致发光
薄脆饼
光伏系统
多激子产生
纳米技术
生态学
生物
作者
Alexander H. Ip,Amirreza Kiani,Illan J. Kramer,Oleksandr Voznyy,Hamidreza Fayaz Movahed,Larissa Levina,Michael M. Adachi,Sjoerd Hoogland,Edward H. Sargent
出处
期刊:ACS Nano
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2015-08-12
卷期号:9 (9): 8833-8842
被引量:108
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5b02164
摘要
Materials optimized for single-junction solar spectral harvesting, such as silicon, perovskites, and large-band-gap colloidal quantum dot solids, fail to absorb the considerable infrared spectral energy that lies below their respective band gap. Here we explore through modeling and experiment the potential for colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) to augment the performance of solar cells by harnessing transmitted light in the infrared. Through detailed balance modeling, we identify the CQD band gap that is best able to augment wafer-based, thin-film, and also solution-processed photovoltaic (PV) materials. The required quantum dots, with an excitonic peak at 1.3 μm, have not previously been studied in depth for solar performance. Using computational studies we find that a new ligand scheme distinct from that employed in better-explored 0.95 μm band gap PbS CQDs is necessary; only via the solution-phase application of a short bromothiol can we prevent dot fusion during ensuing solid-state film treatments and simultaneously offer a high valence band-edge density of states to enhance hole transport. Photoluminescence spectra and transient studies confirm the desired narrowed emission peaks and reduced surface-trap-associated decay. Electronic characterization reveals that only through the use of the bromothiol ligands is strong hole transport retained. The films, when used to make PV devices, achieve the highest AM1.5 power conversion efficiency yet reported in a solution-processed material having a sub-1 eV band gap.
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