Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Solar Cells Based on PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot/CdS Heterojunctions

被引:122
作者
Chang, Liang-Yi [1 ]
Lunt, Richard R. [2 ]
Brown, Patrick R. [3 ]
Bulovic, Vladimir [4 ]
Bawendi, Moungi G. [5 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] Michigan State Univ, Dept Chem Engn & Mat Sci, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[3] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[5] MIT, Dept Chem, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
PbS; CdS; quantum dot; chemical bath deposition; heterojunction; solar cell; DETAILED BALANCE LIMIT; THIN-FILMS; DOT PHOTOVOLTAICS; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; NANOCRYSTALS;
D O I
10.1021/nl3041417
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
PbS colloidal quantum dot heterojunction solar cells have shown significant improvements in performance, mostly based on devices that use high-temperature annealed transition metal oxides to create rectifying junctions with quantum dot thin films. Here, we demonstrate a solar cell based on the heterojunction formed between PbS colloidal quantum dot layers and CdS thin films that are deposited via a solution process at 80 degrees C. The resultant device, employing a 1,2-ethanedithiol ligand exchange scheme, exhibits an average power conversion efficiency of 3.5%. Through a combination of thickness-dependent current density-voltage characteristics, optical modeling, and capacitance measurements, the combined diffusion length and depletion width in the PbS quantum dot layer is found to be approximately 170 nm.
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页码:994 / 999
页数:6
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