Role of Oxygen in Two-Step Thermal Annealing Processes for Enhancing the Performance of Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells
- Authors
- Kim, Changjo; Baek, Se-Woong; Kim, Junho; Kim, Byeongsu; Lee, Changhwan; Park, Jeong Young; Lee, Jung-Yong
- Issue Date
- 30-12월-2020
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- colloidal quantum dot; solar cells; surface traps; complete passivation; two-step annealing
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v.12, no.52, pp.57840 - 57846
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 52
- Start Page
- 57840
- End Page
- 57846
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/50750
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.0c14903
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Abstract
- Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have large surface-to-volume ratios; thus, surface control is critical, especially when CQDs are utilized in optoelectronic devices. Layer-by-layer solid-state ligand exchange is a facile and applicable process for the formation of conductive CQD solids through various ligands; however, achieving complete ligand exchange on the CQD surface without dangling bonds is challenging. Herein, we demonstrate that CQDs can be further passivated through two-step annealing; air annealing forms sulfonate bonding at (111) Pb-rich surfaces, and subsequent N-2 annealing removes insulating oxygen layers from the (100) surfaces of CQDs. By subsequently conducting annealing treatment in two different environments, traps on the surface of CQDs could be significantly reduced. We achieved a 40.8% enhancement of the power conversion efficiency by optimizing each two-step annealing process.
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