The complete in-gap electronic structure of colloidal quantum dot solids and its correlation with electronic transport and photovoltaic performance.

Katsiev, Khabiboulakh; Ip, Alexander H; Fischer, Armin; Tanabe, Iori; Zhang, Xin; Kirmani, Ahmad R; Voznyy, Oleksandr; Rollny, Lisa R et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The direct observation of the complete electronic band structure of a family of PbS CQD solids via photoelectron spectroscopy is reported. We investigate how materials processing strategies, such as the latest passivation methods that produce record-performance photovoltaics, achieve their performance advances. Halide passivated films show a drastic reduction in states in the midgap, contributing to a marked improvement in the device performance.