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Published on: October 9, 2012
Lead Selenide Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells Achieving High Open-Circuit Voltage with One-Step Deposition Strategy
Yaohong Zhang1, Guohua Wu2, Chao Ding1
1Faculty of Informatics and Engineering , The University of Electro-Communications , Tokyo 182-8585 , Japan.
Abstract:
Lead selenide (PbSe) colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are considered to be a strong candidate for high-efficiency colloidal quantum dot solar cells (CQDSCs) due to its efficient multiple exciton generation. However, currently, even the best PbSe CQDSCs can only display open-circuit voltage ( Voc) about 0.530 V. Here, we introduce a solution-phase ligand exchange method to prepare PbI2-capped PbSe (PbSe-PbI2) CQD inks, and for the first time, the absorber layer of PbSe CQDSCs was deposited in one step by using this PbSe-PbI2 CQD inks. One-step-deposited PbSe CQDs absorber layer exhibits fast charge transfer rate, reduced energy funneling, and low trap assisted recombination. The champion large-area (active area is 0.35 cm2) PbSe CQDSCs fabricated with one-step PbSe CQDs achieve a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.0% and a Voc of 0.616 V, which is the highest Voc among PbSe CQDSCs reported to date.
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