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Colloidal quantum-dot bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Chao Ding1, Lixiu Zhang2, Qing Shen1, and Liming Ding2,

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 Corresponding author: Qing Shen, shen@pc.uec.ac.jp; Liming Ding, ding@nanoctr.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/110203

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[1]
Ding C, Liu F, Zhang Y, et al. Passivation strategy of reducing both electron and hole trap states for achieving high-efficiency PbS quantum-dot solar cells with power conversion efficiency over 12%. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 3224 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01561
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[3]
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Sun B, Johnston A, Xu C, et al. Monolayer perovskite bridges enable strong quantum dot coupling for efficient solar cells. Joule, 2020, 4, 1542 doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.011
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Lan X, Masala S, Sargent E H. Charge-extraction strategies for colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2014, 13, 233 doi: 10.1038/nmat3816
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Ding B, Wang Y, Huang P S, et al. Depleted bulk heterojunctions in thermally annealed PbS quantum dot solar cells. J Phys Chem C, 2014, 118, 14749 doi: 10.1021/jp502356d
[10]
Jean J, Chang S, Brown P R, et al. ZnO nanowire arrays for enhanced photocurrent in PbS quantum dot solar cells. Adv Mater, 2013, 25, 2790 doi: 10.1002/adma.201204192
[11]
Rekemeyer P H, Chang S, Chuang C H M, et al. Enhanced photocurrent in PbS quantum dot photovoltaics via ZnO nanowires and band alignment engineering. Adv Energy Mater, 2016, 6, 1600848 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201600848
[12]
Cho Y, Hou B, Lim J, et al. Balancing charge carrier transport in a quantum dot p–n junction toward hysteresis-free high-performance solar cells. ACS Energy Lett, 2018, 3, 1036 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00130
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Liu Z, Sun Y, Yuan J, et al. High-efficiency hybrid solar cells based on polymer/PbSxSe1− x nanocrystals benefiting from vertical phase segregation. Adv Mater, 2013, 25, 5772 doi: 10.1002/adma.201302340
[14]
Baek S W, Jun S, Kim B, et al. Efficient hybrid colloidal quantum dot/organic solar cells mediated by near-infrared sensitizing small molecules. Nat Energy, 2019, 4, 969 doi: 10.1038/s41560-019-0492-1
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Zhang Y, Kan Y, Gao K, et al. Hybrid quantum dot/organic heterojunction: A route to improve open-circuit voltage in PbS colloidal quantum dot solar cells. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 2335 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01136
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Mubarok M A, Wibowo F T A, Aqoma H, et al. PbS-based quantum dot solar cells with engineered π-conjugated polymers achieve 13% efficiency. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 3452 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01838
[17]
Kim H I, Lee J, Choi M J, et al. Efficient and stable colloidal quantum dot solar cells with a green-solvent hole-transport layer. Adv Energy Mater, 2020, 10, 2002084 doi: 10.1002/aenm.202002084
[18]
Yang Z, Janmohamed A, Lan X, et al. Colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics enhanced by perovskite shelling. Nano Lett, 2015, 15, 7539 doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03271
[19]
Zhang X, Zhang J, Phuyal D, et al. Inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite coating on pbs quantum dot for highly efficient and stable infrared light converting solar cells. Adv Energy Mater, 2018, 8, 1702049 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201702049
[20]
Albaladejo-Siguan M, Becker-Koch D, Taylor A D, et al. Efficient and stable PbS quantum dot solar cells by triple-cation perovskite passivation. ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 384 doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05848
[21]
Liu M, Chen Y, Tan C S, et al. Lattice anchoring stabilizes solution-processed semiconductors. Nature, 2019, 570, 96 doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1239-7
[22]
Rath A K, Bernechea M, Martinez L, et al. Solution-processed inorganic bulk nano-heterojunctions and their application to solar cells. Nat Photonics, 2012, 6, 529 doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.139
[23]
Brown P R, Kim D, Lunt R R, et al. Energy level modification in lead sulfide quantum dot thin films through ligand exchange. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 5863 doi: 10.1021/nn500897c
[24]
Yang Z, Fan J Z, Proppe A H, et al. Mixed-quantum-dot solar cells. Nat Commun, 2017, 8, 1325 doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01362-1
[25]
Choi M J, García de Arquer F P, Proppe A H, et al. Cascade surface modification of colloidal quantum dot inks enables efficient bulk homojunction photovoltaics. Nat Commun, 2020, 11, 103 doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13437-2
Fig. 1.  (Color online) (a) Organic bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. (b) CQDs/Metal oxides (e.g., ZnO or TiO2) BHJ solar cells. (c) CQDs/Polymer BHJ solar cells. (d) CQDs/Perovskite BHJ solar cells. (e) Schematic of carrier transport in the case of high CQD loading. Reproduced with permission[21], Copyright 2019, Springer Nature. (f) J−V curves of champion devices for BHJ and planar structure under continuous AM 1.5G illumination. Inset is the schematic for monolayer perovskite-bridged CQDs. Reproduced with permission[5], Copyright 2020, Elsevier.

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Fig. 2.  (Color online) (a) n-type CQDs/p-type CQDs BHJ solar cells. (b) Schematic for LSLE process of both n-type and p-type CQDs. (c) Projected density of states demonstrate the offset of band position between MAPbI3- and TG-capped QDs. Reproduced with permission[24], Copyright 2017, Springer Nature. (d) Cascade surface modification (CSM). Step 1: the oleic-acid ligands are exchanged with lead halide anions. Step 2: lead halide anions are re-exchanged with the functional ligands to render p-type character. (e) J−V curves for n-type CQD device, p-type CQD device, and CQD BHJ device with optimum film thickness. Reproduced with permission[25], Copyright 2019, Springer Nature.

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[1]
Ding C, Liu F, Zhang Y, et al. Passivation strategy of reducing both electron and hole trap states for achieving high-efficiency PbS quantum-dot solar cells with power conversion efficiency over 12%. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 3224 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01561
[2]
Shi G Z, Wang Y J, Liu Z K, et al. Stable and highly efficient PbS quantum dot tandem solar cells employing a rationally designed recombination layer. Adv Energy Mater, 2017, 7, 1602667 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201602667
[3]
Zhou W, Shang Y, García de Arquer F P, et al. Solution-processed upconversion photodetectors based on quantum dots. Nat Electron, 2020, 3, 251 doi: 10.1038/s41928-020-0388-x
[4]
McDonald S A, Konstantatos G, Zhang S, et al. Solution-processed PbS quantum dot infrared photodetectors and photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2005, 4, 138 doi: 10.1038/nmat1299
[5]
Sun B, Johnston A, Xu C, et al. Monolayer perovskite bridges enable strong quantum dot coupling for efficient solar cells. Joule, 2020, 4, 1542 doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.011
[6]
Lan X, Masala S, Sargent E H. Charge-extraction strategies for colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2014, 13, 233 doi: 10.1038/nmat3816
[7]
Kramer I J, Sargent E H. The architecture of colloidal quantum dot solar cells: Materials to devices. Chem Rev, 2014, 114, 863 doi: 10.1021/cr400299t
[8]
Yu G, Gao J, Hummelen J C, et al. Polymer photovoltaic cells-enhanced efficiencies via a network of internal donor-acceptor heterojunctions. Science, 1995, 270, 1789 doi: 10.1126/science.270.5243.1789
[9]
Ding B, Wang Y, Huang P S, et al. Depleted bulk heterojunctions in thermally annealed PbS quantum dot solar cells. J Phys Chem C, 2014, 118, 14749 doi: 10.1021/jp502356d
[10]
Jean J, Chang S, Brown P R, et al. ZnO nanowire arrays for enhanced photocurrent in PbS quantum dot solar cells. Adv Mater, 2013, 25, 2790 doi: 10.1002/adma.201204192
[11]
Rekemeyer P H, Chang S, Chuang C H M, et al. Enhanced photocurrent in PbS quantum dot photovoltaics via ZnO nanowires and band alignment engineering. Adv Energy Mater, 2016, 6, 1600848 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201600848
[12]
Cho Y, Hou B, Lim J, et al. Balancing charge carrier transport in a quantum dot p–n junction toward hysteresis-free high-performance solar cells. ACS Energy Lett, 2018, 3, 1036 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00130
[13]
Liu Z, Sun Y, Yuan J, et al. High-efficiency hybrid solar cells based on polymer/PbSxSe1− x nanocrystals benefiting from vertical phase segregation. Adv Mater, 2013, 25, 5772 doi: 10.1002/adma.201302340
[14]
Baek S W, Jun S, Kim B, et al. Efficient hybrid colloidal quantum dot/organic solar cells mediated by near-infrared sensitizing small molecules. Nat Energy, 2019, 4, 969 doi: 10.1038/s41560-019-0492-1
[15]
Zhang Y, Kan Y, Gao K, et al. Hybrid quantum dot/organic heterojunction: A route to improve open-circuit voltage in PbS colloidal quantum dot solar cells. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 2335 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01136
[16]
Mubarok M A, Wibowo F T A, Aqoma H, et al. PbS-based quantum dot solar cells with engineered π-conjugated polymers achieve 13% efficiency. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 3452 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01838
[17]
Kim H I, Lee J, Choi M J, et al. Efficient and stable colloidal quantum dot solar cells with a green-solvent hole-transport layer. Adv Energy Mater, 2020, 10, 2002084 doi: 10.1002/aenm.202002084
[18]
Yang Z, Janmohamed A, Lan X, et al. Colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics enhanced by perovskite shelling. Nano Lett, 2015, 15, 7539 doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03271
[19]
Zhang X, Zhang J, Phuyal D, et al. Inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite coating on pbs quantum dot for highly efficient and stable infrared light converting solar cells. Adv Energy Mater, 2018, 8, 1702049 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201702049
[20]
Albaladejo-Siguan M, Becker-Koch D, Taylor A D, et al. Efficient and stable PbS quantum dot solar cells by triple-cation perovskite passivation. ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 384 doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05848
[21]
Liu M, Chen Y, Tan C S, et al. Lattice anchoring stabilizes solution-processed semiconductors. Nature, 2019, 570, 96 doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1239-7
[22]
Rath A K, Bernechea M, Martinez L, et al. Solution-processed inorganic bulk nano-heterojunctions and their application to solar cells. Nat Photonics, 2012, 6, 529 doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.139
[23]
Brown P R, Kim D, Lunt R R, et al. Energy level modification in lead sulfide quantum dot thin films through ligand exchange. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 5863 doi: 10.1021/nn500897c
[24]
Yang Z, Fan J Z, Proppe A H, et al. Mixed-quantum-dot solar cells. Nat Commun, 2017, 8, 1325 doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01362-1
[25]
Choi M J, García de Arquer F P, Proppe A H, et al. Cascade surface modification of colloidal quantum dot inks enables efficient bulk homojunction photovoltaics. Nat Commun, 2020, 11, 103 doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13437-2

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      Chao Ding, Lixiu Zhang, Qing Shen, Liming Ding. Colloidal quantum-dot bulk-heterojunction solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(11): 110203. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/110203 ****C Ding, L X Zhang, Q Shen, L M Ding, Colloidal quantum-dot bulk-heterojunction solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2021, 42(11): 110203. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/110203.
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      Chao Ding, Lixiu Zhang, Qing Shen, Liming Ding. Colloidal quantum-dot bulk-heterojunction solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(11): 110203. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/110203 ****
      C Ding, L X Zhang, Q Shen, L M Ding, Colloidal quantum-dot bulk-heterojunction solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2021, 42(11): 110203. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/110203.
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      DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/110203
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        Faculty of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan

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        Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China

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      • Chao Ding：received his BS (2011) and MS (2014) degrees in Materials Physics and Chemistry from Sichuan University and PhD (2018) from Department of Engineering Science, the University of Electro-Communications, Japan. Currently, he is an assistant professor in Qing Shen Group. His research interests include development of colloidal quantum dots and perovskite solar cells, ultrafast spectroscopy, and carrier dynamics in optoelectronic devices
      • Lixiu Zhang：got her BS from Soochow University in 2019. Now she is a PhD student at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Liming Ding. Her research focuses on perovskite solar cells
      • Qing Shen：obtained her PhD from the University of Tokyo in 1995. Subsequently, she joined the University of Electro-Communications (UEC). Currently, she is a professor of UEC. Her research interests include nanomaterials and their applications in optoelectronic and thermoelectric devices, time-resolved laser spectroscopy, and photoexcited carrier dynamics
      • Liming Ding：got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China (was a joint student at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS). He started his research on OSCs and PLEDs in Olle Inganäs Lab in 1998. Later on, he worked at National Center for Polymer Research, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Argonne National Lab (USA). He joined Konarka as a Senior Scientist in 2008. In 2010, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a full professor. His research focuses on innovative materials and devices. He is RSC Fellow, the nominator for Xplorer Prize, and the Associate Editors for Science Bulletin and Journal of Semiconductors
      • Corresponding author: shen@pc.uec.ac.jp; ding@nanoctr.cn
      • Received Date: 2021-08-09
      • Published Date: 2021-11-10

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