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Journal Article
Enhanced Open-Circuit Voltage of PbS Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Solar Cells
2013
Overview
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 (
V
oc
) 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
V
oc
of 692 ± 7 mV for 1.4 eV PbS QDs is a result of improved passivation of the defective QD surface, demonstrating
as a function of the QD bandgap (
E
g
). Comparing experimental
V
oc
variation with the theoretical upper-limit obtained from one diode modeling of the cells with different
E
g
, these results clearly demonstrate that there is a tremendous opportunity for improvement of
V
oc
to values greater than 1 V by using smaller QDs in QD solar cells.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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