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Solid-State Ligand-Exchange Fabrication of CH₃NH₃PbI₃ Capped PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells.

ABSTRACT: CH₃NH₃PbI₃ capped PbS colloidal quantum dots have been successfully fabricated by solid-state ligand exchange from oleate and oleylamine capped PbS. The optimal solar cells made by layer-by-layer solution deposition give a high power conversion efficiency of 4.25% with an impressive short-circuit photocurrent density of 24.83 mA cm^-2.

SUBMITTER: Peng J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5067684 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

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Solid-State Ligand-Exchange Fabrication of CH3NH3PbI3 Capped PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells.

Peng Jiajun J Chen Yani Y Zhang Xianfeng X Dong Angang A Liang Ziqi Z

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20160218 6

CH3NH3PbI3 capped PbS colloidal quantum dots have been successfully fabricated by solid-state ligand exchange from oleate and oleylamine capped PbS. The optimal solar cells made by layer-by-layer solution deposition give a high power conversion efficiency of 4.25% with an impressive short-circuit photocurrent density of 24.83 mA cm-2. ...[more]

PMID: 27812473

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