CuInSe2 Quantum Dot Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage. Academic Article

abstract

• CuInSe2 (CISe) quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized with tunable size from less than 2 to 7 nm diameter. Nanocrystals were made using a secondary phosphine selenide as the Se source, which, compared to tertiary phosphine selenide precursors, was found to provide higher product yields and smaller nanocrystals that elicit quantum confinement with a size-dependent optical gap. Photovoltaic devices fabricated from spray-cast CISe QD films exhibited large, size-dependent, open-circuit voltages, up to 849 mV for absorber films with a 1.46 eV optical gap, suggesting that midgap trapping does not dominate the performance of these CISe QD solar cells.

authors

• Harvey, Taylor

published proceedings

• J Phys Chem Lett

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Panthani, M. G., Stolle, C. J., Reid, D. K., Rhee, D. J., Harvey, T. B., Akhavan, V. A., Yu, Y., & Korgel, B. A.

citation count

• 123

complete list of authors

• Panthani, Matthew G||Stolle, C Jackson||Reid, Dariya K||Rhee, Dong Joon||Harvey, Taylor B||Akhavan, Vahid A||Yu, Yixuan||Korgel, Brian A

publication date

• June 2013

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters  Journal

keywords

• Cuinse2
• Midgap Trapping
• Open-circuit Voltage
• Photovoltaic
• Quantum Dot Solar Cell
• Quantum Dots
• Solar Energy

PubMed Central ID

• 26283248

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/jz4010015

start page

• 2030

end page

• 2034

volume

• 4

issue

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz4010015