Rapid In Situ Ligand‐Exchange Process Used to Prepare 3D PbSe Nanocrystal Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors

Xu, Xiaojie; Kweon, Kyoung E.; Keuleyan, Sean; Sawvel, April; Cho, En Ju; Orme, Christine

doi:10.1002/smll.202101166

Title: Rapid In Situ Ligand‐Exchange Process Used to Prepare 3D PbSe Nanocrystal Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors

Journal Article · Fri May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Small

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202101166· OSTI ID:1784350

Xu, Xiaojie ^[1];

^[1]; Keuleyan, Sean ^[2];

^[1]; Cho, En Ju ^[1];

^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Avenue Livermore CA 94550 USA
Voxtel Opto An Allegro Microsystems Company 1443 E. 13th Avenue Eugene OR 97403 USA

Abstract Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals are important building blocks for low‐cost, solution‐processed electronic devices with tunable functionalities. Considerable progress is made in improving charge transport through nanocrystal films by exchanging long insulating ligands with shorter passivating ligands. To take full advantage of this strategy, it is equally important to fabricate close‐packed structures that reduce the average interparticle spacing. Yet it remains a challenge to retain long‐range, close‐packed order after ligand exchange. Here, a novel one‐step in situ ligand‐exchange method is demonstrated that enables rapid (5 min) ligand exchange of nanocrystal films, which are more than 50 layers thick. Using this simple and efficient method, it is shown that the face‐centered cubic ordering of 500 nm thick PbSe nanocrystal films is retained after ligand exchange from oleic acid to benzoic acid. Moreover, it is demonstrated that PbSe nanocrystal photodetectors with a well‐ordered structure have superior optoelectronic properties compared to disordered films; ordered films have a 16× higher responsivity of ≈0.25 A W ⁻¹ at 1 V and a 2× faster response time. As far as it is known, this is the first report to realize a rapid one‐step ligand exchange through a thick superlattice film with retention of long‐range order.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1784350

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1784355; OSTI ID: 1787205

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-818923; 2101166

Journal Information:: Small, Journal Name: Small Vol. 17 Journal Issue: 25; ISSN 1613-6810

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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