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To investigate whether tailoring the initial lead precursor during quantum dot synthesis improves surface passivation and overall solar cell efficiency.

March 15, 2018Advanced MaterialsOpen Access

In Situ Passivation for Efficient PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells by Precursor Engineering

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YWYongjie WangHangzhou Normal University KLKunyuan LuInstitute of Molecular Functional Materials LHLu HanTongji University

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Experimental study demonstrates enhanced power conversion efficiency in lead sulfide quantum dot solar cells via precursor engineering, indicating the critical role of synthetic optimization.

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To investigate whether tailoring the initial lead precursor during quantum dot synthesis improves surface passivation and overall solar cell efficiency.
Synthesized lead sulfide (PbS) quantum dots using lead acetate trihydrate (PbAc2·3H2O) and lead oxide (PbO) precursors.
Analyzed the in situ capping behavior of acetate with oleic acid and subsequent ligand exchange with iodide.
Fabricated quantum dot solar cells and measured power conversion efficiency with independent certification.
PbAc-PbS quantum dot solar cells achieved a power conversion efficiency of 10.82% (independently certified at 10.62%), compared to 9.39% for standard PbO-PbS devices.
Acetate functioned as an effective co-capping ligand that replaced detrimental hydroxyl impurities during synthesis and enabled superior downstream iodide passivation.

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Wang et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d46f4b97b7d2d4f83e2ac https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704871

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Experimental study demonstrates enhanced power conversion efficiency in lead sulfide quantum dot solar cells via precursor engineering, indicating the critical role of synthetic optimization.

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