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Glinka YD. Multiphoton-pumped UV-Vis transient absorption spectroscopy of 2D materials: basic concepts and recent applications. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:413002. [PMID: 38861998 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad56eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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2D materials are considered a key element in the development of next-generation electronics (nanoelectronics) due to their extreme thickness in the nanometer range and unique physical properties. The ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited carriers in such materials are strongly influenced by their interfaces, since the thickness of 2D materials is much smaller than the typical depth of light penetration into their bulk counterparts and the mean free path of photoexcited carriers. The resulting collisions of photoexcited carriers with interfacial potential barriers of 2D materials in the presence of a strong laser field significantly alter the overall dynamics of photoexcitation, allowing laser light to be directly absorbed by carriers in the conduction/valence band through the inverse bremsstrahlung mechanism. The corresponding ultrafast carrier dynamics can be monitored using multiphoton-pumped UV-Vis transient absorption spectroscopy. In this review, we discuss the basic concepts and recent applications of this spectroscopy for a variety of 2D materials, including transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers, topological insulators, and other 2D semiconductor structures.
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- Yuri D Glinka
- The institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, United States of America
- Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03028, Ukraine
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Li Q, Wu K, Zhu H, Yang Y, He S, Lian T. Charge Transfer from Quantum-Confined 0D, 1D, and 2D Nanocrystals. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5695-5763. [PMID: 38629390 PMCID: PMC11082908 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
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The properties of colloidal quantum-confined semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), including zero-dimensional (0D) quantum dots, 1D nanorods, 2D nanoplatelets, and their heterostructures, can be tuned through their size, dimensionality, and material composition. In their photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications, a key step is to generate spatially separated and long-lived electrons and holes by interfacial charge transfer. These charge transfer properties have been extensively studied recently, which is the subject of this Review. The Review starts with a summary of the electronic structure and optical properties of 0D-2D nanocrystals, followed by the advances in wave function engineering, a novel way to control the spatial distribution of electrons and holes, through their size, dimension, and composition. It discusses the dependence of NC charge transfer on various parameters and the development of the Auger-assisted charge transfer model. Recent advances in understanding multiple exciton generation, decay, and dissociation are also discussed, with an emphasis on multiple carrier transfer. Finally, the applications of nanocrystal-based systems for photocatalysis are reviewed, focusing on the photodriven charge separation and recombination processes that dictate the function and performance of these materials. The Review ends with a summary and outlook of key remaining challenges and promising future directions in the field.
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- Qiuyang Li
- Department
of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Collaborative Innovation
Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- The
State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM
(Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials),
College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Kim J, Roh J, Park M, Lee C. Recent Advances and Challenges of Colloidal Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes for Display Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2212220. [PMID: 36853911 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202212220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) exhibit tremendous potential in display technologies owing to their unique optical properties, such as size-tunable emission wavelength, narrow spectral linewidth, and near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield. Significant efforts in academia and industry have achieved dramatic improvements in the performance of quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) over the past decade, primarily owing to the development of high-quality QDs and optimized device architectures. Moreover, sophisticated patterning processes have also been developed for QDs, which is an essential technique for their commercialization. As a result of these achievements, some QD-based display technologies, such as QD enhancement films and QD-organic light-emitting diodes, have been successfully commercialized, confirming the superiority of QDs in display technologies. However, despite these developments, the commercialization of QLEDs is yet to reach a threshold, requiring a leap forward in addressing challenges and related problems. Thus, representative research trends, progress, and challenges of QLEDs in the categories of material synthesis, device engineering, and fabrication method to specify the current status and development direction are reviewed. Furthermore, brief insights into the factors to be considered when conducting research on single-device QLEDs are provided to realize active matrix displays. This review guides the way toward the commercialization of QLEDs.
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- Jaehoon Kim
- Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, 49315, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Display Research Center, Samsung Display Co., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17113, Republic of Korea
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- Display Research Center, Samsung Display Co., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17113, Republic of Korea
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Weerdenburg S, Singh N, van der Laan M, Kinge S, Schall P, Siebbeles LDA. New Theoretical Model to Describe Carrier Multiplication in Semiconductors: Explanation of Disparate Efficiency in MoTe 2 versus PbS and PbSe. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2024; 128:3693-3702. [PMID: 38476826 PMCID: PMC10926152 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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We present a theoretical model to compute the efficiency of the generation of two or more electron-hole pairs in a semiconductor by the absorption of one photon via the process of carrier multiplication (CM). The photogeneration quantum yield of electron-hole pairs is calculated from the number of possible CM decay pathways of the electron and the hole. We apply our model to investigate the underlying cause of the high efficiency of CM in bulk 2H-MoTe2, as compared to bulk PbS and PbSe. Electronic band structures were calculated with density functional theory, from which the number of possible CM decay pathways was calculated for all initial electron and hole states that can be produced at a given photon energy. The variation of the number of CM pathways with photon energy reflects the dependence of experimental CM quantum yields on the photon energy and material composition. We quantitatively reproduce experimental CM quantum yields for MoTe2, PbS, and PbSe from the calculated number of CM pathways and one adjustable fit parameter. This parameter is related to the ratio of Coulomb coupling matrix elements and the cooling rate of the electrons and holes. Large variations of this fit parameter result in small changes in the modeled quantum yield for MoTe2, which confirms that its high CM efficiency can be mainly attributed to its extraordinary large number of CM pathways. The methodology of this work can be applied to analyze or predict the CM efficiency of other materials.
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- Sven Weerdenburg
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Materials
Research & Development, Toyota Motor
Europe, Zaventem B1930, Belgium
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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Dad S, Dziawa P, Zajkowska-Pietrzak W, Kret S, Kozłowski M, Wójcik M, Sadowski J. Axially lattice-matched wurtzite/rock-salt GaAs/Pb 1-xSn xTe nanowires. Sci Rep 2024; 14:589. [PMID: 38182872 PMCID: PMC10770406 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51200-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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We investigate the full and half-shells of Pb1-xSnxTe topological crystalline insulator deposited by molecular beam epitaxy on the sidewalls of wurtzite GaAs nanowires (NWs). Due to the distinct orientation of the IV-VI shell with respect to the III-V core the lattice mismatch between both materials along the nanowire axis is less than 4%. The Pb1-xSnxTe solid solution is chosen due to the topological crystalline insulator properties above some critical concentrations of Sn (x ≥ 0.36). The IV-VI shells are grown with different compositions spanning from binary SnTe, through Pb1-xSnxTe with decreasing x value down to binary PbTe (x = 0). The samples are analysed by scanning transmission electron microscopy, which reveals the presence of (110) or (100) oriented binary PbTe and (100) Pb1-xSnxTe on the sidewalls of wurtzite GaAs NWs.
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- Sania Dad
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland.
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02093, Warsaw, Poland.
- Ensemble3 Centre of Excellence, Wolczynska Str. 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland.
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Jin H, Livache C, Kim WD, Diroll BT, Schaller RD, Klimov VI. Spin-exchange carrier multiplication in manganese-doped colloidal quantum dots. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:1013-1021. [PMID: 37443379 PMCID: PMC10390332 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01598-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Carrier multiplication is a process whereby a kinetic energy of a carrier relaxes via generation of additional electron-hole pairs (excitons). This effect has been extensively studied in the context of advanced photoconversion as it could boost the yield of generated excitons. Carrier multiplication is driven by carrier-carrier interactions that lead to excitation of a valence-band electron to the conduction band. Normally, the rate of phonon-assisted relaxation exceeds that of Coulombic collisions, which limits the carrier multiplication yield. Here we show that this limitation can be overcome by exploiting not 'direct' but 'spin-exchange' Coulomb interactions in manganese-doped core/shell PbSe/CdSe quantum dots. In these structures, carrier multiplication occurs via two spin-exchange steps. First, an exciton generated in the CdSe shell is rapidly transferred to a Mn dopant. Then, the excited Mn ion undergoes spin-flip relaxation via a spin-conserving pathway, which creates two excitons in the PbSe core. Due to the extremely fast, subpicosecond timescales of spin-exchange interactions, the Mn-doped quantum dots exhibit an up-to-threefold enhancement of the multiexciton yield versus the undoped samples, which points towards the considerable potential of spin-exchange carrier multiplication in advanced photoconversion.
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- Ho Jin
- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team, C-PCS, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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Kazes M, Oron D. A new spin on impact ionization. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:939-940. [PMID: 37443382 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01617-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Miri Kazes
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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McDowell LL, Rastkar Mirzaei M, Shi Z. Epitaxial CdSe/PbSe Heterojunction Growth and MWIR Photovoltaic Detector. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:1866. [PMID: 36902982 PMCID: PMC10004645 DOI: 10.3390/ma16051866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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A novel Epitaxial Cadmium Selenide (CdSe) on Lead Selenide (PbSe) type-II heterojunction photovoltaic detector has been demonstrated by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) growth of n-type CdSe on p-type PbSe single crystalline film. The use of Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED) during the nucleation and growth of CdSe indicates high-quality single-phase cubic CdSe. This is a first-time demonstration of single crystalline and single phase CdSe growth on single crystalline PbSe, to the best of our knowledge. The current-voltage characteristic indicates a p-n junction diode with a rectifying factor over 50 at room temperature. The detector structure is characterized by radiometric measurement. A 30 μm × 30 μm pixel achieved a peak responsivity of 0.06 A/W and a specific detectivity (D*) of 6.5 × 108 Jones under a zero bias photovoltaic operation. With decreasing temperature, the optical signal increased by almost an order of magnitude as it approached 230 K (with thermoelectric cooling) while maintaining a similar level of noise, achieving a responsivity of 0.441 A/W and a D* of 4.4 × 109 Jones at 230 K.
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- Lance L. McDowell
- Correspondence: (L.L.M.); (Z.S.); Tel.: +1-7132084517 (L.L.M.); +1-4053254292 (Z.S.)
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- Correspondence: (L.L.M.); (Z.S.); Tel.: +1-7132084517 (L.L.M.); +1-4053254292 (Z.S.)
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Chang JH, Jung D, Lee HJ, Shin D, Kim Y, Hahm D, Wang X, Lee DC, Hwang E, Park YS, Bae WK. Impact of Morphological Inhomogeneity on Excitonic States in Highly Mismatched Alloy ZnSe 1-XTe X Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:11464-11472. [PMID: 36469328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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ZnSe1-XTeX nanocrystals (NCs) are promising photon emitters with tunable emission across the violet to orange range and near-unity quantum yields. However, these NCs suffer from broad emission line widths and multiple exciton decay dynamics, which discourage their practicable use. Here, we explore the excitonic states in ZnSe1-XTeX NCs and their photophysical characteristics in relation to the morphological inhomogeneity of highly mismatched alloys. Ensemble and single-dot spectroscopic analysis of a series of ZnSe1-XTeX NC samples with varying Te ratios coupled with computational calculations shows that, due to the distinct electronegativity between Se and Te, nearest-neighbor Te pairs in ZnSe1-XTeX alloys create localized hole states spectrally distributed approximately 130 meV above the 1Sh level of homogeneous ZnSe1-XTeX NCs. This forms spatially separated excitons (delocalized electron and localized hole in trap), accounting for both inhomogeneous and homogeneous line width broadening with delayed recombination dynamics. Our results identify photophysical characteristics of excitonic states in NCs made of highly mismatched alloys and provide future research directions with potential implications for photonic applications.
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- Jun Hyuk Chang
- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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Liu Y, Frauenheim T, Yam C. Carrier Multiplication in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Beyond Threshold Limit. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2203400. [PMID: 36071030 PMCID: PMC9631089 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Carrier multiplication (CM), multiexciton generation by absorbing a single photon, enables disruptive improvements in photovoltaic conversion efficiency. However, energy conservation constrains the threshold energy to at least twice bandgap (2E g $ E_\text{g}$ ). Here, a below threshold limit CM in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) is reported. Surprisingly, CM is observed with excitation energy of only 1.75E g $E_\text{g}$ due to lattice vibrations. Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) results in significant changes in electronic structures, which favors CM. Indeed, the strongest EPC in monolayer MoS2 leads to the most efficient CM among the studied TMDCs. For practical applications, chalcogen vacancies can further lower the threshold by introducing defect states within bandgap. In particular, for monolayer WS2 , CM occurs with excitation energy as low as 1.51E g $E_\text{g}$ . The results identify TMDCs as attractive candidate materials for efficient optoelectronic devices with the advantages of high photoconductivity and efficient CM.
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- Yuxiang Liu
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials ScienceUniversity of BremenAm Fallturm 128359BremenGermany
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials ScienceUniversity of BremenAm Fallturm 128359BremenGermany
- Beijing Computational Science Research CenterHaidian DistrictBeijing100193China
- Shenzhen JL Computational Science and Applied Research InstituteShenzhen518109China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Advanced StudyUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaShenzhen518000China
- Hong Kong Quantum AI Lab LimitedHong Kong0000China
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Huang Z, Beard MC. Dye-Sensitized Multiple Exciton Generation in Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:15855-15861. [PMID: 35981268 PMCID: PMC9437916 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Multiple exciton generation (MEG), the generation of multiple excitons from the absorption of a single high-energy photon, is a strategy to go beyond the limiting efficiencies that define current-day solar cells by harvesting some of the thermalization energy losses that occur when photons with an energy greater than the semiconductor bandgap are absorbed. In this work, we show that organic dyes can sensitize MEG in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). In particular, we found that surface-anchored pyrene ligands enhanced the photon-to-charge carrier quantum yield of PbS QDs from 113 ± 3% to 183 ± 7% when the photon energy was 3.9 times the band gap. A wavelength dependence study shows that the enhancement is positively correlated with the pyrene absorptivity. Transient absorption and steady-state photoluminescence measurements suggest that the MEG sensitization is based on an initial fast electron transfer from the pyrene ligands to the PbS QDs producing hot-electrons in the QDs that subsequently undergo MEG. This work demonstrates that hybrid and synergistic organic/inorganic interactions can be a successful strategy to enhance MEG.
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- Zhiyuan Huang
- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Mittal M, Dana J, Lübkemann F, Ghosh HN, Bigall NC, Sapra S. Insight into morphology dependent charge carrier dynamics in ZnSe-CdS nanoheterostructures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:8519-8528. [PMID: 35348140 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05872j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Semiconductor nanoheterostructures (NHSs) are being increasingly used for the photocatalytic conversion of solar energy in which photo-induced charge separation is an essential step and hence it is necessary to understand the effect of various factors such as size, shape, and composition on the charge transfer dynamics. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy is used to investigate the nature and dynamics of photo-induced charge transfer processes in ZnSe-CdS NHSs of different morphologies such as nanospheres (NSs), nanorods (NRs), and nanoplates (NPs). It demonstrates the fast separation of charge carriers and localization of both charges in adjacent semiconductors, resulting in the formation of a charge-separated (CS) state. The lifetime of the charge-separated state follows the order of NSs < NPs < NRs, emphasizing the effect of morphology on the enhancement of photo-induced charge separation and suppression of backward recombination. The separated charge carriers have been utilized in visible light driven hydrogen production and the hydrogen generation activity follows the same order as that for the lifetime of the CS state, underlining the role of charge separation efficiency. Therefore, the variation of the morphology of NHSs plays a significant role in their charge carrier dynamics and hence the photocatalytic hydrogen production activity.
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- Mona Mittal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India. .,Deparment of Chemistry, University Institute of Science, Chandigarh University, Gharaun, Punjab 140413, India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai - 400085, India
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 3A, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai - 400085, India.,Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Sector - 81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 3A, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Liu G, Liang W, Xue X, Rosei F, Wang Y. Atomic Identification of Interfaces in Individual Core@shell Quantum Dots. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2102784. [PMID: 34647434 PMCID: PMC8596122 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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CdSe@CdS Core@shell quantum dots (QDs) have been widely studied in recent years, due to their architecture which allows to tailor properties by controlling structure and composition. However, since CdSe and CdS have the same crystal structure, same cations, and similar lattice parameters, it is very challenging to image the interface. Herein, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, high-angle annular dark-field imaging, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy elemental mapping are combined to characterize the core@shell structure and identify the interface in the CdSe@CdS QDs with different CdS shell thicknesses. By examining changes in lattice spacing in an individual CdSe@CdS quantum dot, the atomic core@shell interface is identified. For thin-shelled QDs, an ideal coherent interface forms between core and shell due to the small lattice mismatch, and the lattice spacing remains unchanged at the core and shell regions. For thick-shelled QDs, the lattice spacing is different at the core and shell regions, while the heterostructured interface is still coherent and cannot be clearly imaged. As the shell thickness further increases, a sharp core@shell interface appears. The results define an approach to characterize the heterostructure of two materials with the same crystalline structure and cations.
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- Guiju Liu
- College of Physics & State Key LaboratoryQingdao UniversityNo. 308 Ningxia RoadQingdao266071P. R. China
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- College of Physics & State Key LaboratoryQingdao UniversityNo. 308 Ningxia RoadQingdao266071P. R. China
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- College of Physics & State Key LaboratoryQingdao UniversityNo. 308 Ningxia RoadQingdao266071P. R. China
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- Centre Énergie Matériaux et TélécommunicationsInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique1650 Boulevard Lionel‐BouletVarennesQuébecJ3X 1S2Canada
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- College of Physics & State Key LaboratoryQingdao UniversityNo. 308 Ningxia RoadQingdao266071P. R. China
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Marri I, Ossicini S. Multiple exciton generation in isolated and interacting silicon nanocrystals. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:12119-12142. [PMID: 34250528 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr01747k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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An important challenge in the field of renewable energy is the development of novel nanostructured solar cell devices which implement low-dimensional materials to overcome the limits of traditional photovoltaic systems. For optimal energy conversion in photovoltaic devices, one important requirement is that the full energy of the solar spectrum is effectively used. In this context, the possibility of exploiting features and functionalities induced by the reduced dimensionality of the nanocrystalline phase, in particular by the quantum confinement of the electronic density, can lead to a better use of the carrier excess energy and thus to an increment of the thermodynamic conversion efficiency of the system. Carrier multiplication, i.e. the generation of multiple electron-hole pairs after absorption of one single high-energy photon (with energy at least twice the energy gap of the system), can be exploited to maximize cell performance, promoting a net reduction of loss mechanisms. Over the past fifteen years, carrier multiplication has been recorded in a large variety of semiconductor nanocrystals and other nanostructures. Owing to the role of silicon in solar cell applications, the mission of this review is to summarize the progress in this fascinating research field considering carrier multiplication in Si-based low-dimensional systems, in particular Si nanocrystals, both from the experimental and theoretical point of view, with special attention given to the results obtained by ab initio calculations.
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- Ivan Marri
- Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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Sayevich V, Robinson ZL, Kim Y, Kozlov OV, Jung H, Nakotte T, Park YS, Klimov VI. Highly versatile near-infrared emitters based on an atomically defined HgS interlayer embedded into a CdSe/CdS quantum dot. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 16:673-679. [PMID: 33767383 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00871-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The availability of colloidal quantum dots with highly efficient, fast and 'non-blinking' near-infrared emission would benefit numerous applications, from advanced optical communication and quantum networks to biomedical diagnostics. Here, we report high-quality near-infrared emitters that are based on well known CdSe/CdS heterostructures. By incorporating an HgS interlayer at the quantum dot core/shell interface, we convert normally visible emitters into highly efficient near-infrared fluorophores. Employing thermodynamically controlled sequential deposition of metal and chalcogen ions, we achieve atomic-level precision in defining the thickness of the HgS interlayer (H). This manifests in 'quantized' jumps of the photoluminescence spectrum when H changes in discrete, atomic steps. The synthesized structures show highly efficient photoluminescence, tunable from 700 to 1,370 nm, and fast radiative rates of ~1/60 ns-1. The emission from individual CdSe/HgS/CdS colloidal quantum dots is virtually blinking free and exhibits nearly perfect single-photon purity. In addition, when incorporated into a light-emitting-diode architecture, these quantum dots demonstrate strong electroluminescence with a sub-bandgap turn-on voltage.
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- Vladimir Sayevich
- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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Rahman S, Liu B, Wang B, Tang Y, Lu Y. Giant Photoluminescence Enhancement and Resonant Charge Transfer in Atomically Thin Two-Dimensional Cr 2Ge 2Te 6/WS 2 Heterostructures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:7423-7433. [PMID: 33535756 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hybridization of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic semiconductors with transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) monolayers can significantly engineer the light-matter interactions and provide a promising platform for enhanced excitonic systems with artificially tailored band alignments. Here, we report the fabrication of heterostructures with monolayer WS2 on 2D Cr2Ge2Te6 (CGT), which displayed giant photoluminescence enhancement at specific CGT layer numbers. The highly enhanced quantum yield obtained can be explained by novel photoexcited carrier dynamics, facilitated by alternate relaxation channels, resulting in resonance charge transfer at the heterointerface. 2D CGT revealed a strongly layer-dependent work function (up to ∼750 meV), which greatly modulates the band positioning in the heterostructure. These heterostructures conceived both type I and type II band alignments, which are verified by Kelvin probe force microscopy and PL measurements. In addition to layer modulation, we uncover temperature and power dependence of the resonance charge transfer in the multilayer heterostructure. Our findings provide further insights into the ultrafast charge dynamics occurring at the atomic interfaces. The results may pave the way for novel optoelectronics based on van der Waals heterostructures.
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- Sharidya Rahman
- Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Christopher Melnychuk
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Kagan CR, Bassett LC, Murray CB, Thompson SM. Colloidal Quantum Dots as Platforms for Quantum Information Science. Chem Rev 2020; 121:3186-3233. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Wang C, Tong X, Wang W, Xu JY, Besteiro LV, Channa AI, Lin F, Wu J, Wang Q, Govorov AO, Vomiero A, Wang ZM. Manipulating the Optoelectronic Properties of Quasi-type II CuInS 2/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots for Photoelectrochemical Cell Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:36277-36286. [PMID: 32805789 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Colloidal core/shell heterostructured quantum dots (QDs) possessing quasi-type II band structure have demonstrated effective surface passivation and prolonged exciton lifetime, leading to enhanced charge separation/transfer efficiencies that are promising for photovoltaic device applications. Herein, we synthesized CuInS2 (CIS)/CdS core/shell heterostructured QDs and manipulated the optoelectronic properties via controlling the CdS shell thickness. The shell-thickness-dependent optical properties indicate the existence of a quasi-type II band structure in such core/shell QDs, which was verified by ultrafast spectroscopy and theoretical simulations. These quasi-type II core/shell QDs having various shell thicknesses are used as light absorbers for the fabrication of solar-driven QDs-based photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices, exhibiting an optimized photocurrent density of ∼6.0 mA/cm2 and excellent stability under simulated AM 1.5G solar illumination. The results demonstrate that quasi-type II CIS/CdS core/shell heterostructured QDs with tailored optoelectronic properties are promising to realize high-performance QDs-based solar energy conversion devices for the production of solar fuels.
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- Changmeng Wang
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, 1650 Boul. Lionel Boulet, J3X 1S2 Varennes, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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- Division of Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30170 Venezia, Mestre, Italy
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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Maiti S, Ferro S, Poonia D, Ehrler B, Kinge S, Siebbeles LDA. Efficient Carrier Multiplication in Low Band Gap Mixed Sn/Pb Halide Perovskites. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:6146-6149. [PMID: 32672041 PMCID: PMC7416307 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Carrier multiplication (CM) generates multiple electron-hole pairs in a semiconductor from a single absorbed photon with energy exceeding twice the band gap. Thus, CM provides a promising way to circumvent the Shockley-Queisser limit of solar cells. The ideal material for CM should have significant overlap with the solar spectrum and should be able to fully utilize the excess energy above the band gap for additional charge carrier generation. We report efficient CM in mixed Sn/Pb halide perovskites (band gap of 1.28 eV) with onset just above twice the band gap. The CM rate outcompetes the carrier cooling process leading to efficient CM with a quantum yield of 2 for photoexcitation at 2.8 times the band gap. Such efficient CM characteristics add to the many advantageous properties of mixed Sn/Pb metal halide perovskites for photovoltaic applications.
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- Sourav Maiti
- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Center
for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Center
for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
- Materials
Research & Development, Toyota Motor
Europe, Hoge Wei 33, B-1913 Zaventem, Belgium
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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Zhao H, Vomiero A, Rosei F. Tailoring the Heterostructure of Colloidal Quantum Dots for Ratiometric Optical Nanothermometry. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2000804. [PMID: 32468691 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202000804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are a fascinating class of semiconducting nanocrystals, thanks to their optical properties tunable through size and composition, and simple synthesis methods. Recently, colloidal double-emission QDs have been successfully applied as competitive optical temperature sensors, since they exhibit structure-tunable double emission, temperature-dependent photoluminescence, high quantum yield, and excellent photostability. Until now, QDs have been used as nanothermometers for in vivo biological thermal imaging, and thermal mapping in complex environments at the sub-microscale to nanoscale range. In this Review, recent progress for QD-based nanothermometers is highlighted and perspectives for future work are described.
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- Haiguang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
- College of Physics, University-Industry Joint Center for Ocean Observation and Broadband Communication, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Division of Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, 971 87, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Science and Nano Systems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice Via Torino 155, Venezia Mestre, 30172, Italy
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- Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec, J3X1S2, Canada
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Lystrom L, Tamukong P, Mihaylov D, Kilina S. Phonon-Driven Energy Relaxation in PbS/CdS and PbSe/CdSe Core/Shell Quantum Dots. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:4269-4278. [PMID: 32354213 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We study the impact of the chemical composition on phonon-mediated exciton relaxation in the core/shell quantum dots (QDs), with 1 nm core made of PbX and the monolayer shell made of CdX, where X = S and Se. For this, time-domain nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) based on density functional theory (DFT) and surface hopping techniques are applied. Simulations reveal twice faster energy relaxation in PbS/CdS than PbSe/CdSe because of dominant couplings to higher-energy optical phonons in structures with sulfur anions. For both QDs, the long-living intermediate states associated with the core-shell interface govern the dynamics. Therefore, a simple exponential model is not appropriate, and the four-state irreversible kinetic model is suggested instead, predicting 0.9 and 0.5 ps relaxation rates in PbSe/CdSe and PbS/CdS QDs, respectively. Thus, 2 nm PdSe/CdSe QDs with a single monolayer shell exhibit the phonon-mediated relaxation time sufficient for carrier multiplications to outpace energy dissipation and benefit the solar conversion efficiency.
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- Levi Lystrom
- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, United States
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- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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Encapsulation of Dual Emitting Giant Quantum Dots in Silica Nanoparticles for Optical Ratiometric Temperature Nanosensors. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10082767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Accurate temperature measurements with a high spatial resolution for application in the biomedical fields demand novel nanosized thermometers with new advanced properties. Here, a water dispersible ratiometric temperature sensor is fabricated by encapsulating in silica nanoparticles, organic capped PbS@CdS@CdS “giant” quantum dots (GQDs), characterized by dual emission in the visible and near infrared spectral range, already assessed as efficient fluorescent nanothermometers. The chemical stability, easy surface functionalization, limited toxicity and transparency of the silica coating represent advantageous features for the realization of a nanoscale heterostructure suitable for temperature sensing. However, the strong dependence of the optical properties on the morphology of the final core–shell nanoparticle requires an accurate control of the encapsulation process. We carried out a systematic investigation of the synthetic conditions to achieve, by the microemulsion method, uniform and single core silica coated GQD (GQD@SiO2) nanoparticles and subsequently recorded temperature-dependent fluorescent spectra in the 281-313 K temperature range, suited for biological systems. The ratiometric response—the ratio between the two integrated PbS and CdS emission bands—is found to monotonically decrease with the temperature, showing a sensitivity comparable to bare GQDs, and thus confirming the effectiveness of the functionalization strategy and the potential of GQD@SiO2 in future biomedical applications.
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McCulley DR, Senger MJ, Bertoni A, Perebeinos V, Minot ED. Extremely Efficient Photocurrent Generation in Carbon Nanotube Photodiodes Enabled by a Strong Axial Electric Field. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:433-440. [PMID: 31847521 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Carbon nanotube (CNT) photodiodes have the potential to convert light into electrical current with high efficiency. However, previous experiments have revealed the photocurrent quantum yield (PCQY) to be well below 100%. In this work, we show that the axial electric field increases the PCQY of CNT photodiodes. Under optimal conditions, our data suggest PCQY > 100%. We studied, both experimentally and theoretically, CNT photodiodes at room temperature using optical excitation corresponding to the S22, S33, and S44 exciton resonances. The axial electric field inside the pn junction was controlled using split gates that are capacitively coupled to the suspended CNT. Our results give new insight into the photocurrent generation pathways in CNTs and the field dependence and diameter dependence of PCQY.
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- Daniel R McCulley
- Department of Physics , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon 97331 , United States
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- Department of Physics , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon 97331 , United States
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- Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR , Via Campi 213a , I-41125 Modena , Italy
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- Department of Electrical Engineering , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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- Department of Physics , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon 97331 , United States
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Zhang Y, Wu G, Liu F, Ding C, Zou Z, Shen Q. Photoexcited carrier dynamics in colloidal quantum dot solar cells: insights into individual quantum dots, quantum dot solid films and devices. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:49-84. [PMID: 31825404 DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00560a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) record of colloidal quantum dot solar cells (QDSCs) has considerably improved from below 4% to 16.6% in the last few years. However, the record PCE value of QDSCs is still substantially lower than the theoretical efficiency. So far, there have been several reviews on recent and significant achievements in QDSCs, but reviews on photoexcited carrier dynamics in QDSCs are scarce. The photovoltaic performances of QDSCs are still limited by the photovoltage, photocurrent and fill factor that are mainly determined by the photoexcited carrier dynamics, including carrier (or exciton) generation, carrier extraction or transfer, and the carrier recombination process, in the devices. In this review, the photoexcited carrier dynamics in the whole QDSCs, originating from individual quantum dots (QDs) to the entire device as well as the characterization methods used for analyzing the photoexcited carrier dynamics are summarized and discussed. The recent research including photoexcited multiple exciton generation (MEG), hot electron extraction, and carrier transfer between adjacent QDs, as well as carrier injection and recombination at each interface of QDSCs are discussed in detail herein. The influence of photoexcited carrier dynamics on the physiochemical properties of QDs and photovoltaic performances of QDSC devices is also discussed.
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- Yaohong Zhang
- Faculty of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan.
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Grimaldi G, van den Brom MJ, du Fossé I, Crisp RW, Kirkwood N, Gudjonsdottir S, Geuchies JJ, Kinge S, Siebbeles LDA, Houtepen AJ. Engineering the Band Alignment in QD Heterojunction Films via Ligand Exchange. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2019; 123:29599-29608. [PMID: 31867087 PMCID: PMC6913897 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) allow great flexibility in the design of optoelectronic devices, thanks to their size-dependent optical and electronic properties and the possibility to fabricate thin films with solution-based processing. In particular, in QD-based heterojunctions, the band gap of both components can be controlled by varying the size of the QDs. However, control over the band alignment between the two materials is required to tune the dynamics of carrier transfer across a heterostructure. We demonstrate that ligand exchange strategies can be used to control the band alignment of PbSe and CdSe QDs in a mixed QD solid, shifting it from a type-I to a type-II alignment. The change in alignment is observed in both spectroelectrochemical and transient absorption measurements, leading to a change in the energy of the conduction band edges in the two materials and in the direction of electron transfer upon photoexcitation. Our work demonstrates the possibility to tune the band offset of QD heterostructures via control of the chemical species passivating the QD surface, allowing full control over the energetics of the heterostructure without requiring changes in the QD composition.
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- Gianluca Grimaldi
- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Toyota
Motor Europe, Materials Research & Development, Hoge Wei 33, B-1930 Zaventem, Belgium
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Carrier multiplication in van der Waals layered transition metal dichalcogenides. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5488. [PMID: 31792222 PMCID: PMC6889496 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13325-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Carrier multiplication (CM) is a process in which high-energy free carriers relax by generation of additional electron-hole pairs rather than by heat dissipation. CM is promising disruptive improvements in photovoltaic energy conversion and light detection technologies. Current state-of-the-art nanomaterials including quantum dots and carbon nanotubes have demonstrated CM, but are not satisfactory owing to high-energy-loss and inherent difficulties with carrier extraction. Here, we report CM in van der Waals (vdW) MoTe2 and WSe2 films, and find characteristics, commencing close to the energy conservation limit and reaching up to 99% CM conversion efficiency with the standard model. This is demonstrated by ultrafast optical spectroscopy with independent approaches, photo-induced absorption, photo-induced bleach, and carrier population dynamics. Combined with a high lateral conductivity and an optimal bandgap below 1 eV, these superior CM characteristics identify vdW materials as an attractive candidate material for highly efficient and mechanically flexible solar cells in the future. During carrier multiplication, high-energy free carriers in a given material relax by generation of additional electron-hole pairs. Here, the authors report evidence of carrier multiplication in multilayer MoTe2 and WSe2 films with up to 99% conversation efficiency.
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Singh R, Liu W, Lim J, Robel I, Klimov VI. Hot-electron dynamics in quantum dots manipulated by spin-exchange Auger interactions. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 14:1035-1041. [PMID: 31591527 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0548-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ability to effectively manipulate non-equilibrium 'hot' carriers could enable novel schemes for highly efficient energy harvesting and interconversion. In the case of semiconductor materials, realization of such hot-carrier schemes is complicated by extremely fast intraband cooling (picosecond to subpicosecond time scales) due to processes such as phonon emission. Here we show that using magnetically doped colloidal semiconductor quantum dots we can achieve extremely fast rates of spin-exchange processes that allow for 'uphill' energy transfer with an energy-gain rate that greatly exceeds the intraband cooling rate. This represents a dramatic departure from the usual situation where energy-dissipation via phonon emission outpaces energy gains due to standard Auger-type energy transfer at least by a factor of three. A highly favourable energy gain/loss rate ratio realized in magnetically doped quantum dots can enable effective schemes for capturing kinetic energy of hot, unrelaxed carriers via processes such as spin-exchange-mediated carrier multiplication and upconversion, hot-carrier extraction and electron photoemission.
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- Rohan Singh
- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Energy System Research, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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Hazra M, Datta J. Optimal Blending of PbSe and CdSe in Polycrystalline PbCdSe Nanocomposite Film: Improved Carrier Multiplication and Enhanced Photoconversion Efficiency. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:40393-40405. [PMID: 31589017 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The present work reports galvanostatic electro-co-deposition of n-PbCdSe semiconductor (SC) films on FTO substrate from the respective precursors. Self-designed matrices were formulated at variable concentrations of Pb2+ in the deposition medium. The semiconductor films constitute an intermixed structure of close-packed PbSe and CdSe nanoparticles (NPs), and the band gap (Eg) was effectively tuned in the range 0.99-1.47 eV for the variable compositions. Energy dispersive spectroscopy studies revealed that Cd exists in low level in the film matrix compared to Pb, presumably due to competitive deposition kinetics of the two chalcogenide compounds and the crystallite sizes determined from XRD studies, ranges between 15 and 12 nm, which corresponds to the size quenching of SC-NPs with increased Pb2+ concentration. The durability studies identify the most stable film developed at 0.025 M Pb2+ concentration. PbSe materials are typically characterized with impact ionization which effectively induces carrier multiplication (CM) in the quasi Type-II PbCdSe composite, exhibiting reasonably high photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.14% with current output of 19.2 mA cm-2 for the optimal PbCdSe film.
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- Mukul Hazra
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur , Howrah 711 103 , India
- Department of Chemistry, Renewable Energy Research Centre , Heritage Institute of Technology , Kolkata 700 107 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur , Howrah 711 103 , India
- Department of Chemistry, Renewable Energy Research Centre , Heritage Institute of Technology , Kolkata 700 107 , India
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Strassberg R, Delikanli S, Barak Y, Dehnel J, Kostadinov A, Maikov G, Hernandez-Martinez PL, Sharma M, Demir HV, Lifshitz E. Persuasive Evidence for Electron-Nuclear Coupling in Diluted Magnetic Colloidal Nanoplatelets Using Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4437-4447. [PMID: 31314537 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The incorporation of magnetic impurities into semiconductor nanocrystals with size confinement promotes enhanced spin exchange interaction between photogenerated carriers and the guest spins. This interaction stimulates new magneto-optical properties with significant advantages for emerging spin-based technologies. Here we observe and elaborate on carrier-guest interactions in magnetically doped colloidal nanoplatelets with the chemical formula CdSe/Cd1-xMnxS, explored by optically detected magnetic resonance and magneto-photoluminescence spectroscopy. The host matrix, with a quasi-type II electronic configuration, introduces a dominant interaction between a photogenerated electron and a magnetic dopant. Furthermore, the data convincingly presents the interaction between an electron and nuclear spins of the doped ions located at neighboring surroundings, with consequent influence on the carrier's spin relaxation time. The nuclear spin contribution by the magnetic dopants in colloidal nanoplatelets is considered here for the first time.
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- Rotem Strassberg
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000 , Israel
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- Luminous Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University-NTU Singapore , 639798 Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology , Bilkent University , Ankara 06800 , Turkey
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000 , Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000 , Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000 , Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000 , Israel
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- Luminous Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University-NTU Singapore , 639798 Singapore
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- Luminous Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University-NTU Singapore , 639798 Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology , Bilkent University , Ankara 06800 , Turkey
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- Luminous Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, TPI, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University-NTU Singapore , 639798 Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology , Bilkent University , Ankara 06800 , Turkey
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000 , Israel
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Tavakoli Dastjerdi H, Tavakoli R, Yadav P, Prochowicz D, Saliba M, Tavakoli MM. Oxygen Plasma-Induced p-Type Doping Improves Performance and Stability of PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:26047-26052. [PMID: 31257844 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b08466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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PbS quantum dots (QDs) have been extensively studied for photovoltaic applications, thanks to their facile and low-cost fabrication processing and interesting physical properties such as size dependent and tunable band gap. However, the performance of PbS QD-based solar cells is highly sensitive to the humidity level in the ambient air, which is a serious obstacle toward its practical applications. Although it has been previously revealed that oxygen doping of the hole transporting layer can mitigate the cause of this issue, the suggested methods to recover the device performance are time-consuming and relatively costly. Here, we report a low-power oxygen plasma treatment as a rapid and low-cost method to effectively recover the device performance and stability. Our optimization results show that a 10 min treatment is the best condition, resulting in an enhanced power conversion efficiency from 6.9% for the as-prepared device to 9% for the plasma treated one. Moreover, our modified device shows long-term shelf-life stability.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Sharif University of Technology , 14588 Tehran , Iran
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- Department of Solar Energy, School of Technology , Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University , 382 007 Gandhinagar , Gujarat , India
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry , Polish Academy of Sciences , Kasprzaka 44/52 , 01-224 Warsaw , Poland
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- Institute of Materials Science , Technical University of Darmstadt , Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 2 , D-64287 Darmstadt , Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Sharif University of Technology , 14588 Tehran , Iran
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Mandal S, Tkachenko NV. Multiphoton Excitation of CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Quantum Dots (PQDs): How Many Electrons Can One PQD Donate to Multiple Molecular Acceptors? J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2775-2781. [PMID: 31071259 PMCID: PMC6750835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Metastable multiexcitonic states (MESs) of semiconductor quantum dots can be involved in multielectron transfer reactions, which opens new perspectives in nanomaterials-based optoelectronic applications. Herein, we demonstrate the generation of a MES in CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) and its dissociation dynamics through multiple electron transfers to molecular electron acceptors, anthraquinones (AQs), bound to the PQD surface by a carboxylic anchor. As many as 14 excitons are produced at an excitation density of roughly 220 μJ cm-2 without detectable PQD degradation. Addition of AQ results in the formation of PQD-AQ hybrids with excess of AQs (PQD:AQ ≈ 1:20), which opens the possibility of multielectron transfer acts from MES to AQs. We found that the electron transfer saturates after roughly five transfer acts and that the first electron transfer (ET) time constant is as short as 1 ps. However, each ET increases the Coulomb potential barrier for the next ET, which decreases the rate of ET, resulting in a saturation after five ETs.
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Lu H, Carroll GM, Neale NR, Beard MC. Infrared Quantum Dots: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. ACS NANO 2019; 13:939-953. [PMID: 30648854 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b09815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Infrared technologies provide tremendous value to our modern-day society. The need for easy-to-fabricate, solution-processable, tunable infrared active optoelectronic materials has driven the development of infrared colloidal quantum dots, whose band gaps can readily be tuned by dimensional constraints due to the quantum confinement effect. In this Perspective, we summarize recent progress in the development of infrared quantum dots both as infrared light emitters ( e.g., in light-emitting diodes, biological imaging, etc.) as well as infrared absorbers ( e.g., in photovoltaics, solar fuels, photon up-conversion, etc.), focusing on how fundamental breakthroughs in synthesis, surface chemistry, and characterization techniques are facilitating the implementation of these nanostructures into exploratory device architectures as well as in emerging applications. We discuss the ongoing challenges and opportunities associated with infrared colloidal quantum dots.
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- Haipeng Lu
- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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Krivenkov V, Goncharov S, Samokhvalov P, Sánchez-Iglesias A, Grzelczak M, Nabiev I, Rakovich Y. Enhancement of Biexciton Emission Due to Long-Range Interaction of Single Quantum Dots and Gold Nanorods in a Thin-Film Hybrid Nanostructure. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:481-486. [PMID: 30616347 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are known for their ability to exhibit multiphoton emission caused by recombination of biexcitons (BX). However, the quantum yield (QY) of BX emission is low due to the fast Auger process. Plasmonic nanoparticles (PNPs) provide an attractive opportunity to accelerate BX radiative recombination. Here, we demonstrate the PNPs induced distance-controlled enhancement of BX emission of single QDs. Studying the same single QD before and after its integration with the PNPs, we observed a plasmon-mediated increase in the QY of BX emission. Remarkably, the enhancement of BX emission remains pronounced even at distances of 170 nm. We attribute this effect to efficient coupling, which results in the trade-off between resonance energy transfer from QD to gold nanorods and the Purcell effect at small QD-PNP separations and the predominant influence of the Purcell effect at longer distances. Our findings constitute a reliable approach to managing the efficiency of multiexciton emission over a wide span of distances, thus paving the way for new applications.
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- Victor Krivenkov
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) , 115409 Moscow , Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) , 115409 Moscow , Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) , 115409 Moscow , Russian Federation
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- Donostia International Physics Center , Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) , 115409 Moscow , Russian Federation
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Nanosciences, LRN-EA4682 , Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne , 51100 Reims , France
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) , 115409 Moscow , Russian Federation
- Donostia International Physics Center , Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales (MPC, CSIC-UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- IKERBASQUE , Basque Foundation for Science , Maria Diaz de Haro 3 , 48013 Bilbao , Spain
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Szemjonov A, Pauporté T, Ithurria SI, Dubertret B, Ciofini I, Labat F. Combined Computational and Experimental Study of CdSeS/ZnS Nanoplatelets: Structural, Vibrational, and Electronic Aspects of Core-Shell Interface Formation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:13828-13836. [PMID: 30372080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In the past few years, core-shell nanoparticles have opened new perspectives for the optoelectronic applications of semiconductor quantum dots. In particular, it has become possible to localize electrons in either part of these heterostructures. Understanding and controlling this phenomenon require a thorough characterization of the interfaces. In this study, we prepared quasi-2D CdSeS/ZnS core-shell nanoplatelets (NPLs) by colloidal atomic layer deposition. This technique allows fine control over the quantum confinement, the surfaces, and the interfaces. The layer-by-layer formation of a the ZnS shell around the CdSeS core was monitored using UV-vis absorption, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy. The measured band gaps and structural distortions were compared with results obtained from density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Modeling has also shown that 34% of the photoexcited electrons are delocalized into the ZnS shell. The herein presented combined modeling and experimental characterization strategy is of general interest since it can be applied to a large choice of layered semiconductor heterostructures in optoelectronics. The present approach paves the way for the synthesis of nanocrystals with precisely engineered properties for light-emitting diodes and solar cells.
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- Alexandra Szemjonov
- Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, UMR 8213 du CNRS, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin , 75231 Paris , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, UMR 8213 du CNRS, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin , 75231 Paris , France
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie , F-75005 Paris , France
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Kroupa DM, Pach GF, Vörös M, Giberti F, Chernomordik BD, Crisp RW, Nozik AJ, Johnson JC, Singh R, Klimov VI, Galli G, Beard MC. Enhanced Multiple Exciton Generation in PbS|CdS Janus-like Heterostructured Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2018; 12:10084-10094. [PMID: 30216045 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b04850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Generating multiple excitons by a single high-energy photon is a promising third-generation solar energy conversion strategy. We demonstrate that multiple exciton generation (MEG) in PbS|CdS Janus-like heteronanostructures is enhanced over that of single-component and core/shell nanocrystal architectures, with an onset close to two times the PbS band gap. We attribute the enhanced MEG to the asymmetric nature of the heteronanostructure that results in an increase in the effective Coulomb interaction that drives MEG and a reduction of the competing hot exciton cooling rate. Slowed cooling occurs through effective trapping of hot-holes by a manifold of valence band interfacial states having both PbS and CdS character, as evidenced by photoluminescence studies and ab initio calculations. Using transient photocurrent spectroscopy, we find that the MEG characteristics of the individual nanostructures are maintained in conductive arrays and demonstrate that these quasi-spherical PbS|CdS nanocrystals can be incorporated as the main absorber layer in functional solid-state solar cell architectures. Finally, based upon our analysis, we provide design rules for the next generation of engineered nanocrystals to further improve the MEG characteristics.
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- Daniel M Kroupa
- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Materials Science Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont , Illinois 60439 , United States
- Institute for Molecular Engineering , University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering , University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
- Department of Physics , Colorado School of Mines , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Chemistry Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Materials Science Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont , Illinois 60439 , United States
- Institute for Molecular Engineering , University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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From a niche field over 30 years ago, quantum dots (QDs) have developed into viable materials for many commercial optoelectronic devices. We discuss the advancements in Pb-based QD solar cells (QDSCs) from a viewpoint of the pathways an excited state can take when relaxing back to the ground state. Systematically understanding the fundamental processes occurring in QDs has led to improvements in solar cell efficiency from ~3% to over 13% in 8 years. We compile data from ~200 articles reporting functioning QDSCs to give an overview of the current limitations in the technology. We find that the open circuit voltage limits the device efficiency and propose some strategies for overcoming this limitation.
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Zhao H, Liu J, Vidal F, Vomiero A, Rosei F. Tailoring the interfacial structure of colloidal "giant" quantum dots for optoelectronic applications. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:17189-17197. [PMID: 30191225 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04313b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are promising building blocks for the realization of future optoelectronic technologies, thanks to their size-tunable electronic and optical properties. Among various types of QDs, colloidal "giant" QDs (g-QDs, core/thick-shell) have been widely used in different applications, such as solar cells, light emitting devices, luminescent solar concentrators and photoelectrochemical (PEC) hydrogen production. However, g-QDs have a thick-shell which serves as a physical barrier for electron and hole transfer, leading to a slow charge transfer rate. In this work, we synthesized CdSe/CdSexS1-x/CdS core/shell/shell g-QDs with an intermediate CdSexS1-x alloyed layer. The presence of this interfacial layer largely improves the absorption of CdSe/CdS QDs, particularly in the 300-650 nm range. By engineering the interfacial layer, the holes can leak more into the CdS shell region compared to that of CdSe/CdS QDs. PEC devices based on alloyed g-QDs exhibit a 20% higher saturated photocurrent density (11 ± 0.5 mA cm-2) compared to CdSe/CdS QDs. In addition, after one-hour illumination (100 mW cm-2), the PEC cell based on alloyed g-QDs still exhibits a photocurrent density of 7.5 mA cm-2, maintaining 70% of its initial value. Such alloyed g-QDs are very promising for several emerging optoelectronic applications, where charge separation, transfer and transport play a critical role for the realization of high performance devices.
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- Haiguang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory & College of Physics, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, PR China.
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Zhang J, Hong H, Zhang J, Fu H, You P, Lischner J, Liu K, Kaxiras E, Meng S. New Pathway for Hot Electron Relaxation in Two-Dimensional Heterostructures. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:6057-6063. [PMID: 30103610 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures composed of transition-metal dichalcogenide atomic layers are the new frontier for novel optoelectronic and photovoltaic device applications. Some key properties that make these materials appealing, yet are not well understood, are ultrafast hole/electron dynamics, interlayer energy transfer and the formation of interlayer hot excitons. Here, we study photoexcited electron/hole dynamics in a representative heterostructure, the MoS2/WSe2 interface, which exhibits type II band alignment. Employing time-dependent density functional theory in the time domain, we observe ultrafast charge dynamics with lifetimes of tens to hundreds of femtoseconds. Most importantly, we report the discovery of an interfacial pathway in 2D heterostructures for the relaxation of photoexcited hot electrons through interlayer hopping, which is significantly faster than intralayer relaxation. This finding is of particular importance for understanding many experimentally observed photoinduced processes, including charge and energy transfer at an ultrafast time scale (<1 ps).
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- Jin Zhang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- Departments of Materials and Physics and the Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials , Imperial College London , London SW7 2AZ , United Kingdom
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Departments of Materials and Physics and the Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials , Imperial College London , London SW7 2AZ , United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , Harvard University , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 , United States
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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Photovoltaics (PVs) based on nanostructured III/V semiconductors can potentially reduce the material usage and increase the light-to-electricity conversion efficiency, which are anticipated to make a significant impact on the next-generation solar cells. In particular, GaAs nanowire (NW) is one of the most promising III/V nanomaterials for PVs due to its ideal bandgap and excellent light absorption efficiency. In order to achieve large-scale practical PV applications, further controllability in the NW growth and device fabrication is still needed for the efficiency improvement. This article reviews the recent development in GaAs NW-based PVs with an emphasis on cost-effectively synthesis of GaAs NWs, device design and corresponding performance measurement. We first discuss the available manipulated growth methods of GaAs NWs, such as the catalytic vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) and vapor-solid-solid (VSS) epitaxial growth, followed by the catalyst-controlled engineering process, and typical crystal structure and orientation of resulted NWs. The structure-property relationships are also discussed for achieving the optimal PV performance. At the same time, important device issues are as well summarized, including the light absorption, tunnel junctions and contact configuration. Towards the end, we survey the reported performance data and make some remarks on the challenges for current nanostructured PVs. These results not only lay the ground to considerably achieve the higher efficiencies in GaAs NW-based PVs but also open up great opportunities for the future low-cost smart solar energy harvesting devices.
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Wieliczka BM, Kaledin AL, Buhro WE, Loomis RA. Wave Function Engineering in CdSe/PbS Core/Shell Quantum Dots. ACS NANO 2018; 12:5539-5550. [PMID: 29787230 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The synthesis of epitaxial CdSe/PbS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) is reported. The PbS shell grows in a rock salt structure on the zinc blende CdSe core, thereby creating a crystal structure mismatch through additive growth. Absorption and photoluminescence (PL) band edge features shift to lower energies with increasing shell thickness, but remain above the CdSe bulk band gap. Nevertheless, the profiles of the absorption spectra vary with shell growth, indicating that the overlap of the electron and hole wave functions is changing significantly. This leads to over an order of magnitude reduction of absorption near the band gap and a large, tunable energy shift, of up to 550 meV, between the onset of strong absorption and the band edge PL. While the bulk valence and conduction bands adopt an inverse type-I alignment, the observed spectroscopic behavior is consistent with a transition between quasi-type-I and quasi-type-II behavior depending on shell thickness. Three effective mass approximation models support this hypothesis and suggest that the large difference in effective masses between the core and shell results in hole localization in the CdSe core and a delocalization of the electron across the entire QD. These results show the tuning of wave functions and transition energies in CdSe/PbS nanoheterostructures with prospects for use in optoelectronic devices for luminescent solar concentration or multiexciton generation.
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- Brian M Wieliczka
- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive, CB 1134 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia 30322 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive, CB 1134 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive, CB 1134 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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Spoor FM, Grimaldi G, Delerue C, Evers WH, Crisp RW, Geiregat P, Hens Z, Houtepen AJ, Siebbeles LDA. Asymmetric Optical Transitions Determine the Onset of Carrier Multiplication in Lead Chalcogenide Quantum Confined and Bulk Crystals. ACS NANO 2018; 12:4796-4802. [PMID: 29664600 PMCID: PMC5968429 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Carrier multiplication is a process in which one absorbed photon excites two or more electrons. This is of great promise to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Until now, the factors that determine the onset energy of carrier multiplication have not been convincingly explained. We show experimentally that the onset of carrier multiplication in lead chalcogenide quantum confined and bulk crystals is due to asymmetric optical transitions. In such transitions most of the photon energy in excess of the band gap is given to either the hole or the electron. The results are confirmed and explained by theoretical tight-binding calculations of the competition between impact ionization and carrier cooling. These results are a large step forward in understanding carrier multiplication and allow for a screening of materials with an onset of carrier multiplication close to twice the band gap energy. Such materials are of great interest for development of highly efficient photovoltaic devices.
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- Frank
C. M. Spoor
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Physics
and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Physics
and Chemistry of Nanostructures, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Delft University
of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells. JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1155/2018/7285483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This paper reviews both experimental and theoretical work on nanostructures showing high quantum yields due to the phenomenon of multiple exciton generation. It outlines the aims and barriers to progress in identifying further such nanostructures and also includes important developments concerning solar devices where nanostructures act as the light-absorbing component. It reports on both semiconductor and carbon structures, both monocomposite (of various dimensionalities) and heterogeneous. Finally, it looks at future directions that can be taken to push solar cell efficiency above the classic limit set by Shockley and Queisser in 1961.
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Kim D, Lee YK, Lee D, Kim WD, Bae WK, Lee DC. Colloidal Dual-Diameter and Core-Position-Controlled Core/Shell Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanorods. ACS NANO 2017; 11:12461-12472. [PMID: 29131591 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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To capitalize on shape- and structure-dependent properties of semiconductor nanorods (NRs), high-precision control and exquisite design of their growth are desired. Cadmium chalcogenide (CdE; E = S or Se) NRs are the most studied class of such, whose growth exhibits axial anisotropy, i.e., different growth rates along the opposite directions of {0001} planes. However, the mechanism behind asymmetric axial growth of NRs remains unclear because of the difficulty in instant analysis of growth surfaces. Here, we design colloidal dual-diameter semiconductor NRs (DDNRs) under the quantum confinement regime, which have two sections along the long axis with different diameters. The segmentation of the DDNRs allows rigorous assessment of the kinetics of NR growth at a molecular level. The reactivity of a terminal facet passivated by an organic ligand is governed by monomer diffusivity through the surface ligand monolayer. Therefore, the growth rate in two polar directions can be finely tuned by controlling the strength of ligand-ligand attraction at end surfaces. Building on these findings, we report the synthesis of single-diameter CdSe/CdS core/shell NRs with CdSe cores of controllable position, which reveals a strong structure-optical polarization relationship. The understanding of the NR growth mechanism with controllable anisotropy will serve as a cornerstone for the exquisite design of more complex anisotropic nanostructures.
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- Dahin Kim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) , Daejeon 34114, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Photoelectronic Hybrids Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) , Seoul 02792, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141, Korea
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Guo T, Sampat S, Rupich SM, Hollingsworth JA, Buck M, Htoon H, Chabal YJ, Gartstein YN, Malko AV. Biexciton and trion energy transfer from CdSe/CdS giant nanocrystals to Si substrates. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:19398-19407. [PMID: 29210416 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr06272a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Observation of energy transfer (ET) from multiexcitonic (MX) complexes in nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) has been severely restricted due to efficient nonradiative Auger recombination leading to very low MX emission quantum yields. Here we employed "giant" CdSe/CdS NQDs with suppressed Auger recombination to study ET of biexcitons (BX) and charged excitons (trions) into Si substrate. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements of (sub)monolayers of gNQDs controllably assembled on various interacting surfaces and augmented by single gNQD's imaging reveal appearance of BX spectral signatures and progressive acceleration of PL lifetimes of all excitonic species on Si substrates. From statistical analysis of a large number of PL lifetime traces, representative exciton, trion and BX ET efficiencies are measured as ∼75%, 55% and 45% respectively. Detailed analysis of the MX's radiative rates demonstrate the crucial role of the radiative (waveguide) ET in maintaining high overall transfer efficiency despite the prevalent Auger recombination. Our observations point towards practical utilization of MX-bearing nanocrystals in future optoelectronics architectures.
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- Tianle Guo
- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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Barati F, Grossnickle M, Su S, Lake RK, Aji V, Gabor NM. Hot carrier-enhanced interlayer electron-hole pair multiplication in 2D semiconductor heterostructure photocells. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 12:1134-1139. [PMID: 28991242 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2017.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Strong electronic interactions can result in novel particle-antiparticle (electron-hole, e-h) pair generation effects, which may be exploited to enhance the photoresponse of nanoscale optoelectronic devices. Highly efficient e-h pair multiplication has been demonstrated in several important nanoscale systems, including nanocrystal quantum dots, carbon nanotubes and graphene. The small Fermi velocity and nonlocal nature of the effective dielectric screening in ultrathin layers of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) indicates that e-h interactions are very strong, so high-efficiency generation of e-h pairs from hot electrons is expected. However, such e-h pair multiplication has not been observed in 2D TMD devices. Here, we report the highly efficient multiplication of interlayer e-h pairs in 2D semiconductor heterostructure photocells. Electronic transport measurements of the interlayer I-VSD characteristics indicate that layer-indirect e-h pairs are generated by hot-electron impact excitation at temperatures near T = 300 K. By exploiting this highly efficient interlayer e-h pair multiplication process, we demonstrate near-infrared optoelectronic devices that exhibit 350% enhancement of the optoelectronic responsivity at microwatt power levels. Our findings, which demonstrate efficient carrier multiplication in TMD-based optoelectronic devices, make 2D semiconductor heterostructures viable for a new class of ultra-efficient photodetectors based on layer-indirect e-h excitations.
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- Fatemeh Barati
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Optoelectronics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Center for Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES), University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Optoelectronics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Center for Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES), University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Center for Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES), University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Laboratory for Terascale and Terahertz Electronics (LATTE), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California - Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Center for Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES), University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Laboratory for Terascale and Terahertz Electronics (LATTE), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California - Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Optoelectronics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Center for Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES), University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Sharma VK, McDonald TJ, Sohn M, Anquandah GAK, Pettine M, Zboril R. Assessment of toxicity of selenium and cadmium selenium quantum dots: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 188:403-413. [PMID: 28892773 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This paper reviews the current understanding of the toxicity of selenium (Se) to terrestrial mammalian and aquatic organisms. Adverse biological effects occur in the case of Se deficiencies, associated with this element having essential biological functions and a narrow window between essentiality and toxicity. Several inorganic species of Se (-2, 0, +4, and +6) and organic species (monomethylated and dimethylated) have been reported in aquatic systems. The toxicity of Se in any given sample depends not only on its speciation and concentration, but also on the concomitant presence of other compounds that may have synergistic or antagonistic effects, affecting the target organism as well, usually spanning 2 or 3 orders of magnitude for inorganic Se species. In aquatic ecosystems, indirect toxic effects, linked to the trophic transfer of excess Se, are usually of much more concern than direct Se toxicity. Studies on the toxicity of selenium nanoparticles indicate the greater toxicity of chemically generated selenium nanoparticles relative to selenium oxyanions for fish and fish embryos while oxyanions of selenium have been found to be more highly toxic to rats as compared to nano-Se. Studies on polymer coated Cd/Se quantum dots suggest significant differences in toxicity of weathered vs. non-weathered QD's as well as a significant role for cadmium with respect to toxicity.
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- Virender K Sharma
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 1266 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 1266 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University, Boulevard, Melbourne, FL, 32901, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St Mary's University, 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228, USA
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- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)/Water Research Institute (IRSA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)/National Research Council, Via Salaria km 29,300 C.P. 10, 00015, Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Zhang F. Grand Challenges for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Energy and Health. Front Chem 2017; 5:80. [PMID: 29164100 PMCID: PMC5674925 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Fan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jin X, Li H, Huang S, Gu X, Shen H, Li D, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Li F, Li Q. Bright alloy type-II quantum dots and their application to light-emitting diodes. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 510:376-383. [PMID: 28963940 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.09.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Type-II quantum dots (QDs) are emerging as a promising candidate for full color light sources owing to their advantages in achieving full color light by tuning the heterostructures. Despite the recent developments in type-II QDs, the choices of proper materials are limited for the composition of a high-quality QD and it still remains a big challenge to enhance the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields (QYs) of type-II QDs for light-emitting diode (LED) applications. Here, we develop CdxZn1-xS/ZnSe/ZnS type-II QDs with a maximum quantum yield as high as 88.5%. Time-resolved PL results show that the ZnS shell suppresses non-radiative pathways by passivating the surface of CdxZn1-xS/ZnSe, thus leading to a high QY. Moreover, our results demonstrate that the outer ZnS also benefits the charge injection and radiative recombinations of the CdxZn1-xS/ZnSe. The LED based on green Cd0.2Zn0.8S/ZnSe/ZnS QDs achieves a current efficiency (CE) of 9.17cdA-1, an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 8.78% and a low turn-on voltage of ∼2.3V.
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- Xiao Jin
- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China; School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, PR China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Optoelectronics Testing Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China.
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Verma S, Ghosh HN. Carrier relaxation dynamics in type-II ZnO/CdSe quantum dot heterostructures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:24896-24902. [PMID: 28869643 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04069e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Semiconductor heterostructures with type-II band alignment are well known for their engineering property of efficient charge separation in photogenerated carriers. Herein, type-II CdSe/ZnO core/shell quantum dot heterostructures with CdSe shells of different thicknesses have been synthesized and a study of carrier dynamics is carried out using femtosecond transient absorption and picosecond emission spectroscopy. Carrier lifetime measurements by transient emission spectroscopy have revealed reduced electron-hole overlap in the type-II localization regime of ZnO/CdSe heterostructures. Femtosecond transient absorption studies have revealed hot electron transfer from CdSe shell to ZnO core prior to electron cooling in the CdSe shell. In addition, a surface channel for the hole cooling process has been identified in the transient absorption measurements. Effects of carrier trapping at interfacial defect states and type-II localization on carrier recombination have been recognized in our transient absorption and emission studies of ZnO/CdSe QDs heterostructure.
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- Sandeep Verma
- Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India.
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