Optical Absorbance Enhancement in PbS QD/Cinnamate Ligand Complexes
We studied the optical absorption enhancement in colloidal suspensions of PbS quantum dots (QD) upon ligand exchange from oleate to a series of cinnamate ligands. By combining experiments and ab initio simulations, we elucidate physical parameters that govern the optical absorption enhancement. We find that within the cinnamate/PbS QD system the optical absorption enhancement scales linearly with the electronic gap of the ligand, indicating that the ligand/QD coupling occurs equally efficient between the QD and ligand HOMO and their respective LUMO levels. Disruption of the conjugation that connects the aromatic ring and its substituents to the QD core causes a reduction of the electronic coupling. Our results further support the notion that the ligand/QD complex should be considered as a distinct chemical system with emergent behavior rather than a QD core with ligands whose sole purpose is to passivate surface dangling bonds and prevent agglomeration.
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- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-70974
Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Research Org:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; quantum dots; quantum dot/ligand interactions; tunable properties; ligand exchange
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1457664
Kroupa, Daniel M., Voros, Marton, Brawand, Nicholas P., Bronstein, Noah, McNichols, Brett W., Castaneda, Chloe V., Nozik, Arthur J., Sellinger, Alan, Galli, Giulia, and Beard, Matthew C.. Optical Absorbance Enhancement in PbS QD/Cinnamate Ligand Complexes. United States: N. p.,
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01451.
Kroupa, Daniel M., Voros, Marton, Brawand, Nicholas P., Bronstein, Noah, McNichols, Brett W., Castaneda, Chloe V., Nozik, Arthur J., Sellinger, Alan, Galli, Giulia, & Beard, Matthew C.. Optical Absorbance Enhancement in PbS QD/Cinnamate Ligand Complexes. United States. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01451.
Kroupa, Daniel M., Voros, Marton, Brawand, Nicholas P., Bronstein, Noah, McNichols, Brett W., Castaneda, Chloe V., Nozik, Arthur J., Sellinger, Alan, Galli, Giulia, and Beard, Matthew C.. 2018.
"Optical Absorbance Enhancement in PbS QD/Cinnamate Ligand Complexes". United States.
doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01451.
@article{osti_1457664,
title = {Optical Absorbance Enhancement in PbS QD/Cinnamate Ligand Complexes},
author = {Kroupa, Daniel M. and Voros, Marton and Brawand, Nicholas P. and Bronstein, Noah and McNichols, Brett W. and Castaneda, Chloe V. and Nozik, Arthur J. and Sellinger, Alan and Galli, Giulia and Beard, Matthew C.},
abstractNote = {We studied the optical absorption enhancement in colloidal suspensions of PbS quantum dots (QD) upon ligand exchange from oleate to a series of cinnamate ligands. By combining experiments and ab initio simulations, we elucidate physical parameters that govern the optical absorption enhancement. We find that within the cinnamate/PbS QD system the optical absorption enhancement scales linearly with the electronic gap of the ligand, indicating that the ligand/QD coupling occurs equally efficient between the QD and ligand HOMO and their respective LUMO levels. Disruption of the conjugation that connects the aromatic ring and its substituents to the QD core causes a reduction of the electronic coupling. Our results further support the notion that the ligand/QD complex should be considered as a distinct chemical system with emergent behavior rather than a QD core with ligands whose sole purpose is to passivate surface dangling bonds and prevent agglomeration.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01451},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {6}
}