Effect of solvent environment on colloidal-quantum-dot solar-cell manufacturability and performance

Ahmad R. Kirmani; Graham H. Carey; Maged Abdelsamie; Buyi Yan; Dongkyu Cha; Lisa R. Rollny; Xiaoyu Cui; Edward H. Sargent; Aram Amassian

doi:10.1002/adma.201400577

Effect of solvent environment on colloidal-quantum-dot solar-cell manufacturability and performance

Ahmad R. Kirmani, Graham H. Carey, Maged Abdelsamie, Buyi Yan, Dongkyu Cha, Lisa R. Rollny, Xiaoyu Cui, Edward H. Sargent, Aram Amassian^*

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Abstract

The absorbing layer in state-of-the-art colloidal quantum-dot solar cells is fabricated using a tedious layer-by-layer process repeated ten times. It is now shown that methanol, a common exchange solvent, is the main culprit, as extended exposure leaches off the surface halide passivant, creating carrier trap states. Use of a high-dipole-moment aprotic solvent eliminates this problem and is shown to produce state-of-the-art devices in far fewer steps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4717-4723
Number of pages	7
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	26
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201400577
State	Published - 16 Jul 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

colloidal quantum dots
ligand exchange
roll-to-roll processing
thin films

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General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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