Thiols passivate recombination centers in colloidal quantum dots leading to enhanced photovoltaic device efficiency

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2356-2362

  Barkhouse, D Aaron R ^a   Pattantyus Abraham, Andras G ^a   Levina, Larissa ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethanethiol; Lead sulfide; Passivation; Photovoltaic; Quantum dot; Recombination; Solution processed

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ETHANETHIOL; LEAD SULFIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; QUANTUM DOT; RECOMBINATION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

BUTYLAMINE; LIGAND; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; KINETICS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

BUTYLAMINES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58049214022     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800471c     Document Type: Article

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