Nanocrystal photovoltaics: a review of recent progress

被引:72
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作者
Stolle, C. Jackson [1 ]
Harvey, Taylor B. [1 ]
Korgel, Brian A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Texas Mat Inst, Dept Chem Engn, Ctr Nano & Mol Sci & Technol, Austin, TX 78712 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
QUANTUM-DOT PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR-CELLS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; CUINSE2; NANOCRYSTAL; EFFICIENCY; INKS; PERFORMANCE; DEVICES;
D O I
10.1016/j.coche.2013.03.001
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Crystalline inorganic light-absorbing photovoltaic (PV) device layers can be deposited from solution using semiconductor nanocrystal inks to alleviate the problems due to high-temperature and vacuum processing. Inks can be formulated using various semiconductor nanocrystals, so that it is possible to tune band gap energy and target specific compositions of the absorber layers. Nanocrystal PV devices have exhibited efficiencies of up to 7%, and higher efficiencies of 12% have been achieved by sintering the nanocrystals. Recently, nanocrystal quantum dot PV devices have exhibited external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) above 100% due to multiple exciton generation (MEG) and extraction.
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页码:160 / 167
页数:8
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