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Enhanced open-circuit voltage of PbS nanocrystal quantum dot solar cells.

ABSTRACT: Nanocrystal quantum dots (QD) show great promise toward improving solar cell efficiencies through the use of quantum confinement to tune absorbance across the solar spectrum and enable multi-exciton generation. Despite this remarkable potential for high photocurrent generation, the achievable open-circuit voltage (Voc) is fundamentally limited due to non-radiative recombination processes in QD solar cells. Here we report the highest open-circuit voltages to date for colloidal QD based solar cells under one sun illumination. This Voc of 692 ± 7?mV for 1.4?eV PbS QDs is a result of improved passivation of the defective QD surface, demonstrating Voc(mV)=553Eg/q-59 as a function of the QD bandgap (Eg). Comparing experimental Voc variation with the theoretical upper-limit obtained from one diode modeling of the cells with different Eg, these results clearly demonstrate that there is a tremendous opportunity for improvement of Voc to values greater than 1?V by using smaller QDs in QD solar cells.

SUBMITTER: Yoon W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3715763 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enhanced open-circuit voltage of PbS nanocrystal quantum dot solar cells.

Yoon Woojun W   Boercker Janice E JE   Lumb Matthew P MP   Placencia Diogenes D   Foos Edward E EE   Tischler Joseph G JG  

Scientific reports 20130101

Nanocrystal quantum dots (QD) show great promise toward improving solar cell efficiencies through the use of quantum confinement to tune absorbance across the solar spectrum and enable multi-exciton generation. Despite this remarkable potential for high photocurrent generation, the achievable open-circuit voltage (Voc) is fundamentally limited due to non-radiative recombination processes in QD solar cells. Here we report the highest open-circuit voltages to date for colloidal QD based solar cell  ...[more]

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