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Title: Cation-Exchange Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse PbS Quantum Dots from ZnS Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells

Abstract

Infrared solar cells that utilize low-bandgap colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising devices to enhance the utilization of solar energy by expanding the harvested photons of common photovoltaics into the infrared region. However, the present synthesis of PbS QDs cannot produce highly efficient infrared solar cells. Here in this paper, a general synthesis is developed for low-bandgap PbS QDs (0.65-1 eV) via cation exchange from ZnS nanorods (NRs). First, ZnS NRs are converted to superlattices with segregated PbS domains within each rod. Then, sulfur precursors are released via the dissolution of the ZnS NRs during the cation exchange, which promotes size focusing of PbS QDs. PbS QDs synthesized through this new method have the advantages of high monodispersity, ease-of-size control, in situ passivation of chloride, high stability, and a 'clean' surface. Infrared solar cells based on these PbS QDs with different bandgaps are fabricated, using conventional ligand exchange and device structure. All of the devices produced in this manner show excellent performance, showcasing the high quality of the PbS QDs. The highest performance of infrared solar cells is achieved using ≈0.95 eV PbS QDs, exhibiting an efficiency of 10.0% under AM 1.5 solar illumination, a perovskite-filtered efficiency of 4.2%, andmore » a silicon-filtered efficiency of 1.1%.« less

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  1. Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei (China). School of Optical and Electronic Information, Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics
  2. Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei (China). Wuhan National Lab. for Optoelectronics
  3. Wuhan Inst. of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
  4. Hubei Univ. of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, Hubei (China). Hubei Key Lab. of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
  5. Tsinghua Univ., Shenzhen(China)
  6. Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC (United States)
  7. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry & Nanoscience Center
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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
OSTI Identifier:
1579638
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1573071
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-73814
Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308; 61974052; 61804061; 61725401; 2017CFB417; 2017KFYXJJ039
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; cation exchange; nanorods; PbS; quantum dots; solar cells

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Xia, Yong, Liu, Sisi, Wang, Kang, Yang, Xiaokun, Lian, Linyuan, Zhang, Zhiming, He, Jungang, Liang, Guijie, Wang, Song, Tan, Manlin, Song, Haisheng, Zhang, Daoli, Gao, Jianbo, Tang, Jiang, Beard, Matthew C., and Zhang, Jianbing. Cation-Exchange Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse PbS Quantum Dots from ZnS Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201907379.
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Xia, Yong, Liu, Sisi, Wang, Kang, Yang, Xiaokun, Lian, Linyuan, Zhang, Zhiming, He, Jungang, Liang, Guijie, Wang, Song, Tan, Manlin, Song, Haisheng, Zhang, Daoli, Gao, Jianbo, Tang, Jiang, Beard, Matthew C., & Zhang, Jianbing. Cation-Exchange Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse PbS Quantum Dots from ZnS Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907379
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Xia, Yong, Liu, Sisi, Wang, Kang, Yang, Xiaokun, Lian, Linyuan, Zhang, Zhiming, He, Jungang, Liang, Guijie, Wang, Song, Tan, Manlin, Song, Haisheng, Zhang, Daoli, Gao, Jianbo, Tang, Jiang, Beard, Matthew C., and Zhang, Jianbing. Mon . "Cation-Exchange Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse PbS Quantum Dots from ZnS Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907379. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1579638.
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@article{osti_1579638,
title = {Cation-Exchange Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse PbS Quantum Dots from ZnS Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells},
author = {Xia, Yong and Liu, Sisi and Wang, Kang and Yang, Xiaokun and Lian, Linyuan and Zhang, Zhiming and He, Jungang and Liang, Guijie and Wang, Song and Tan, Manlin and Song, Haisheng and Zhang, Daoli and Gao, Jianbo and Tang, Jiang and Beard, Matthew C. and Zhang, Jianbing},
abstractNote = {Infrared solar cells that utilize low-bandgap colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising devices to enhance the utilization of solar energy by expanding the harvested photons of common photovoltaics into the infrared region. However, the present synthesis of PbS QDs cannot produce highly efficient infrared solar cells. Here in this paper, a general synthesis is developed for low-bandgap PbS QDs (0.65-1 eV) via cation exchange from ZnS nanorods (NRs). First, ZnS NRs are converted to superlattices with segregated PbS domains within each rod. Then, sulfur precursors are released via the dissolution of the ZnS NRs during the cation exchange, which promotes size focusing of PbS QDs. PbS QDs synthesized through this new method have the advantages of high monodispersity, ease-of-size control, in situ passivation of chloride, high stability, and a 'clean' surface. Infrared solar cells based on these PbS QDs with different bandgaps are fabricated, using conventional ligand exchange and device structure. All of the devices produced in this manner show excellent performance, showcasing the high quality of the PbS QDs. The highest performance of infrared solar cells is achieved using ≈0.95 eV PbS QDs, exhibiting an efficiency of 10.0% under AM 1.5 solar illumination, a perovskite-filtered efficiency of 4.2%, and a silicon-filtered efficiency of 1.1%.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201907379},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 4,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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