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Wang S, Zhao Q, Hazarika A, Li S, Wu Y, Zhai Y, Chen X, Luther JM, Li G. Thermal tolerance of perovskite quantum dots dependent on A-site cation and surface ligand. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2216. [PMID: 37072445 PMCID: PMC10113222 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37943-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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A detailed picture of temperature dependent behavior of CsxFA1-xPbI3 perovskite quantum dots across the composition range is constructed by performing in situ optical spectroscopic and structural measurements, supported by theoretical calculations that focus on the relation between A-site chemical composition and surface ligand binding. The thermal degradation mechanism depends not only on the exact chemical composition, but also on the ligand binding energy. The thermal degradation of Cs-rich perovskite quantum dots is induced by a phase transition from black γ-phase to yellow δ-phase, while FA-rich perovskite quantum dots with higher ligand binding energy directly decompose into PbI2. Quantum dot growth to form large bulk size grain is observed for all CsxFA1-xPbI3 perovskite quantum dots at elevated temperatures. In addition, FA-rich quantum dots possess stronger electron-longitudinal optical phonon coupling, suggesting that photogenerated excitons in FA-rich quantum dots have higher probability to be dissociated by phonon scattering compared to Cs-rich quantum dots.
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- Shuo Wang
- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- Polymers and Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
- Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, Department of Physics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
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- SUSTech Energy Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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Zhao Q, Han R, Marshall AR, Wang S, Wieliczka BM, Ni J, Zhang J, Yuan J, Luther JM, Hazarika A, Li GR. Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Progressive Deposition Techniques and Future Prospects on Large-Area Fabrication. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2107888. [PMID: 35023606 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Colloidally grown nanosized semiconductors yield extremely high-quality optoelectronic materials. Many examples have pointed to near perfect photoluminescence quantum yields, allowing for technology-leading materials such as high purity color centers in display technology. Furthermore, because of high chemical yield, and improved understanding of the surfaces, these materials, particularly colloidal quantum dots (QDs) can also be ideal candidates for other optoelectronic applications. Given the urgent necessity toward carbon neutrality, electricity from solar photovoltaics will play a large role in the power generation sector. QDs are developed and shown dramatic improvements over the past 15 years as photoactive materials in photovoltaics with various innovative deposition properties which can lead to exceptionally low-cost and high-performance devices. Once the key issues related to charge transport in optically thick arrays are addressed, QD-based photovoltaic technology can become a better candidate for practical application. In this article, the authors show how the possibilities of different deposition techniques can bring QD-based solar cells to the industrial level and discuss the challenges for perovskite QD solar cells in particular, to achieve large-area fabrication for further advancing technology to solve pivotal energy and environmental issues.
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- Qian Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Condensed Matter Physics Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX13PU, UK
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Polymers and Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Han R, Zhao Q, Hazarika A, Li J, Cai H, Ni J, Zhang J. Ionic Liquids Modulating CsPbI 3 Colloidal Quantum Dots Enable Improved Mobility for High-Performance Solar Cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:4061-4070. [PMID: 35037759 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c20274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Colloidal all-inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) have shown tremendous potential in photovoltaic applications in recent years due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties that general metal halide perovskites offer, along with the added advantages that originates from size reduction and the quantum confinement effect. However, the issue of low carrier mobility in PQD films caused by insulating organic ligands capped on the PQD surface still remains to be addressed while aiming for high-efficiency PQD solar cells. Herein, we propose a novel strategy that takes benefits of ionic liquids, which can offer the high polarity and the electron donating ability to boost the mobility of PQD films in photovoltaic devices. Specifically, 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide to modulate the colloidal CsPbI3 PQD surface and couple QDs is demonstrated for the first time. The lone pair electrons on the nitrogen of the imidazole ring within the ionic liquid binds to the empty nonbonding surface orbitals of CsPbI3 PQDs while the long-chain insulating ligands are replaced, which enables not only efficient charge transport but also reduced defect density in the assembled PQD solid films. The resulting CsPbI3 PQD solar cell shows a significant increase in efficiency with suppressed hysteresis, indicating the impressive potential of this strategy for developing highly efficient PQD solar cells.
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- Rui Han
- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Polymers and Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Kim YH, Zhai Y, Gaulding EA, Habisreutinger SN, Moot T, Rosales BA, Lu H, Hazarika A, Brunecky R, Wheeler LM, Berry JJ, Beard MC, Luther JM. Strategies to Achieve High Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Colloidal Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2020; 14:8816-8825. [PMID: 32644773 PMCID: PMC10906077 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Colloidal metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with chiral ligands are outstanding candidates as a circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) light source due to many advantages such as high photoluminescence quantum efficiency, large spin-orbit coupling, and extensive tunability via composition and choice of organic ligands. However, achieving pronounced and controllable polarized light emission remains challenging. Here, we develop strategies to achieve high CPL responses from colloidal formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) NCs at room temperature using chiral surface ligands. First, we show that replacing a portion of typical ligands (oleylamine) with short chiral ligands ((R)-2-octylamine) during FAPbBr3 NC synthesis results in small and monodisperse NCs that yield high CPL with average luminescence dissymmetry g-factor, glum = 6.8 × 10-2. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest among reported perovskite materials at room temperature to date and represents around 10-fold improvement over the previously reported colloidal CsPbClxBryI3-x-y NCs. In order to incorporate NCs into any optoelectronic or spintronic application, the NCs necessitate purification, which removes a substantial amount of the chiral ligands and extinguishes the CPL signals. To circumvent this issue, we also developed a postsynthetic ligand treatment using a different chiral ligand, (R-/S-)methylbenzylammonium bromide, which also induces a CPL with an average glum = ±1.18 × 10-2. This postsynthetic method is also amenable for long-range charge transport since methylbenzylammonium is quite compact in relation to other surface ligands. Our demonstrations of high CPL and glum from both as-synthesized and purified perovskite NCs at room temperature suggest a route to demonstrate colloidal NC-based spintronics.
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- Young-Hoon Kim
- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Hazarika A, Fedin I, Hong L, Guo J, Srivastava V, Cho W, Coropceanu I, Portner J, Diroll BT, Philbin JP, Rabani E, Klie R, Talapin DV. Colloidal Atomic Layer Deposition with Stationary Reactant Phases Enables Precise Synthesis of “Digital” II–VI Nano-heterostructures with Exquisite Control of Confinement and Strain. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:13487-13496. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Abhijit Hazarika
- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Gaulding EA, Hao J, Kang HS, Miller EM, Habisreutinger SN, Zhao Q, Hazarika A, Sercel PC, Luther JM, Blackburn JL. Conductivity Tuning via Doping with Electron Donating and Withdrawing Molecules in Perovskite CsPbI 3 Nanocrystal Films. Adv Mater 2019; 31:e1902250. [PMID: 31074911 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Doping of semiconductors enables fine control over the excess charge carriers, and thus the overall electronic properties, crucial to many technologies. Controlled doping in lead-halide perovskite semiconductors has thus far proven to be difficult. However, lower dimensional perovskites such as nanocrystals, with their high surface-area-to-volume ratio, are particularly well-suited for doping via ground-state molecular charge transfer. Here, the tunability of the electronic properties of perovskite nanocrystal arrays is detailed using physically adsorbed molecular dopants. Incorporation of the dopant molecules into electronically coupled CsPbI3 nanocrystal arrays is confirmed via infrared and photoelectron spectroscopies. Untreated CsPbI3 nanocrystal films are found to be slightly p-type with increasing conductivity achieved by incorporating the electron-accepting dopant 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4 TCNQ) and decreasing conductivity for the electron-donating dopant benzyl viologen. Time-resolved spectroscopic measurements reveal the time scales of Auger-mediated recombination in the presence of excess electrons or holes. Microwave conductance and field-effect transistor measurements demonstrate that both the local and long-range hole mobility are improved by F4 TCNQ doping of the nanocrystal arrays. The improved hole mobility in photoexcited p-type arrays leads to a pronounced enhancement in phototransistors.
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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Zhao Q, Hazarika A, Chen X, Harvey SP, Larson BW, Teeter GR, Liu J, Song T, Xiao C, Shaw L, Zhang M, Li G, Beard MC, Luther JM. High efficiency perovskite quantum dot solar cells with charge separating heterostructure. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2842. [PMID: 31253800 PMCID: PMC6599010 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10856-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Metal halide perovskite semiconductors possess outstanding characteristics for optoelectronic applications including but not limited to photovoltaics. Low-dimensional and nanostructured motifs impart added functionality which can be exploited further. Moreover, wider cation composition tunability and tunable surface ligand properties of colloidal quantum dot (QD) perovskites now enable unprecedented device architectures which differ from thin-film perovskites fabricated from solvated molecular precursors. Here, using layer-by-layer deposition of perovskite QDs, we demonstrate solar cells with abrupt compositional changes throughout the perovskite film. We utilize this ability to abruptly control composition to create an internal heterojunction that facilitates charge separation at the internal interface leading to improved photocarrier harvesting. We show how the photovoltaic performance depends upon the heterojunction position, as well as the composition of each component, and we describe an architecture that greatly improves the performance of perovskite QD photovoltaics. Metal halide perovskites have wide tunability in both material and device structure. Here Zhao et al. fabricate heterojunctions of colloidal perovskite quantum dots with different composition using layer-by-layer deposition and demonstrate improved photovoltaic performance with enhanced photocarrier harvesting.
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- Qian Zhao
- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China.,National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.,Institute of New Energy Chemistry Material, Nankai University, 300350, Tianjin, China
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC, 28815, USA
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of New Energy Chemistry Material, Nankai University, 300350, Tianjin, China
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.
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Hazarika A, Zhao Q, Gaulding EA, Christians JA, Dou B, Marshall AR, Moot T, Berry JJ, Johnson JC, Luther JM. Perovskite Quantum Dot Photovoltaic Materials beyond the Reach of Thin Films: Full-Range Tuning of A-Site Cation Composition. ACS Nano 2018; 12:10327-10337. [PMID: 30251834 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b05555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We present a cation-exchange approach for tunable A-site alloys of cesium (Cs+) and formamidinium (FA+) lead triiodide perovskite nanocrystals that enables the formation of compositions spanning the complete range of Cs1- xFA xPbI3, unlike thin-film alloys or the direct synthesis of alloyed perovskite nanocrystals. These materials show bright and finely tunable emission in the red and near-infrared range between 650 and 800 nm. The activation energy for the miscibility between Cs+ and FA+ is measured (∼0.65 eV) and is shown to be higher than reported for X-site exchange in lead halide perovskites. We use these alloyed colloidal perovskite quantum dots to fabricate photovoltaic devices. In addition to the expanded compositional range for Cs1- xFA xPbI3 materials, the quantum dot solar cells exhibit high open-circuit voltage ( VOC) with a lower loss than the thin-film perovskite devices of similar compositions.
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- Abhijit Hazarika
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
- College of Chemistry , Nankai University , Tianjin 300071 , China
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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Gupta A, Hazarika A, Jain K, Sikka P, Suri V. An asymptomatic carrier of Becker’s muscular dystrophy with cardiomyopathy in pregnancy: peripartum or not? Int J Obstet Anesth 2017; 30:77-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rani P, Panda N, Hazarika A. Incidence of trauma induced coagulopathy in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury: A preliminary study. Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- P. Rani
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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Although semiconductor quantum dots are promising materials for displays and lighting due to their tunable emissions, these materials also suffer from the serious disadvantage of self-absorption of emitted light. The reabsorption of emitted light is a serious loss mechanism in practical situations because most phosphors exhibit subunity quantum yields. Manganese-based phosphors that also exhibit high stability and quantum efficiency do not suffer from this problem but in turn lack emission tunability, seriously affecting their practical utility. Here, we present a class of manganese-doped quantum dot materials, where strain is used to tune the wavelength of the dopant emission, extending the otherwise limited emission tunability over the yellow-orange range for manganese ions to almost the entire visible spectrum covering all colors from blue to red. These new materials thus combine the advantages of both quantum dots and conventional doped phosphors, thereby opening new possibilities for a wide range of applications in the future.
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- Abhijit Hazarika
- †Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- †Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- †Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
- §Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Network of Institute for Solar Energy (CSIR-NISE), Anusandhan Bhawan, New Delhi 110001, India
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Nag A, Kundu J, Hazarika A. Seeded-growth, nanocrystal-fusion, ion-exchange and inorganic-ligand mediated formation of semiconductor-based colloidal heterostructured nanocrystals. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce00462k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chaudhary O, Bala M, Singh J, Hazarika A, Luthra K. P2.191 DC-SIGN,DC-SIGNR and SDF-1 Polymorphism in High Risk Seronegative Sexually Transmitted Disease Patients from North Indian. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hazarika A, Layek A, De S, Nag A, Debnath S, Mahadevan P, Chowdhury A, Sarma DD. Ultranarrow and widely tunable Mn2+-Induced photoluminescence from single Mn-doped nanocrystals of ZnS-CdS alloys. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:267401. [PMID: 23848921 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.267401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Extensively studied Mn-doped semiconductor nanocrystals have invariably exhibited photoluminescence over a narrow energy window of width ≤150 meV in the orange-red region and a surprisingly large spectral width (≥180 meV), contrary to its presumed atomic-like origin. Carrying out emission measurements on individual single nanocrystals and supported by ab initio calculations, we show that Mn PL emission, in fact, can (i) vary over a much wider range (∼370 meV) covering the deep green--deep red region and (ii) exhibit widths substantially lower (∼60-75 meV) than reported so far, opening newer application possibilities and requiring a fundamental shift in our perception of the emission from Mn-doped semiconductor nanocrystals.
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- Abhijit Hazarika
- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Chaudhary O, Bala M, Singh J, Hazarika A, Kumar R, Luthra K. P023 Cytokine imbalances in HIV-1 infected patients from North India. Cytokine 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.06.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Choudhury D, Mandal P, Mathieu R, Hazarika A, Rajan S, Sundaresan A, Waghmare UV, Knut R, Karis O, Nordblad P, Sarma DD. Near-room-temperature colossal magnetodielectricity and multiglass properties in partially disordered La2NiMnO6. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:127201. [PMID: 22540618 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.127201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report magnetic, dielectric, and magnetodielectric responses of the pure monoclinic bulk phase of partially disordered La2NiMnO6, exhibiting a spectrum of unusual properties and establish that this compound is an intrinsically multiglass system with a large magnetodielectric coupling (8%-20%) over a wide range of temperatures (150-300 K). Specifically, our results establish a unique way to obtain colossal magnetodielectricity, independent of any striction effects, by engineering the asymmetric hopping contribution to the dielectric constant via the tuning of the relative-spin orientations between neighboring magnetic ions in a transition-metal oxide system. We discuss the role of antisite (Ni-Mn) disorder in emergence of these unusual properties.
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- D Choudhury
- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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Hazarika A, Sarkar SN. Subacute toxicity of anilofos, a new organophosphorus herbicide, in male rats: effect on some physical attributes and acetylcholinesterase activity. Indian J Exp Biol 2001; 39:1107-12. [PMID: 11906102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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In acute toxicity study, rats showed dose-dependent signs of cholinergic hyperactivity and behavioural alterations. Maximum intensity of symptoms was not associated with mortality. Oral LD50 was 1681 mg/kg. In subacute toxicity study, rats were orally administered 50, 100 or 200 mg/kg of anilofos once daily for 28 days. Signs and symptoms were observed mainly with 200mg/kg. At this dose, anilofos induced hypothermia and progressive weight loss. None of the anilofos-treated rats died. Weight of brain, lung, testis was not altered, while of liver, heart, spleen and kidney increased. Anilofos inhibited cholinesterase (ChE) activities of erythrocyte (41-67%), plasma (36%), blood (37-64%), brain (63-73%) and liver (28-48%). Total protein was decreased in plasma and liver. Results indicate moderate toxic potential of anilofos in mammals, substantial contribution of CNS-mediated effects in causing anilofos toxicity and no direct relationship between hypothermia and level of ChE inhibition.
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- A Hazarika
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India
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Hazarika A, Sarkar SN, Kataria M. Subacute toxicity of anilofos, a new organophosphorus herbicide in male rats: effect on lipid peroxidation and ATPase activity. Indian J Exp Biol 2001; 39:1113-7. [PMID: 11906103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Effects of anilofos on lipid peroxidation--an index of oxidative stress, ATPase activity--an integral part of active transport mechanisms for cations, GSH level and GST activity were evaluated in blood (erythrocyte/plasma), brain and liver of male rats after daily oral exposure to 50, 100 or 200 mg/kg for 28 days. None of the doses increased lipid peroxidation. The lowest dose, rather, produced marginally significant decrease in peroxidation in liver. Different doses of anilofos decreased GSH content and activities of GST and ATPases. Inhibition of total ATPase (34-44%) and Na+-K+-ATPase (45-52%) activities was maximum in liver, while that of Mg2+-ATPase (46-56%) was more in erythrocyte. Results indicate that anilofos may not cause oxidative damage to cell membrane in repeatedly exposed animals and may cause neuronal/cellular dysfunction by affecting ionic transport across cell membrane.
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- A Hazarika
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
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Anilofos and isoproturon are important herbicides of organophosphorus and substituted phenylurea groups, respectively. Isoproturon is an inducer of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes. Animals and humans have the potential to be exposed to the mixture of these intentionally introduced environmental xenobiotics, but toxicological interactions between these herbicides are not known. Effects of isoproturon pretreatment (675 mg/kg/day for 3 consecutive days) on the toxic actions of anilofos administered orally as a single dose (850 mg/kg) were evaluated by determining some biochemical attributes in blood (erythrocyte/plasma), brain and liver of rats. Anilofos or isoproturon alone or in combination failed to produce any noticeable signs of cholinergic hyperactivity and behavioural alterations. Isoproturon did not potentiate the anticholinesterase action of anilofos in blood and liver. Inhibition of brain acetylcholinesterase was significantly protected. No significant alteration in anilofos-mediated production of lipid peroxidation was observed in erythrocyte and brain of isoproturon-pretreated rats, but it was significantly increased in liver. Anilofos did not affect GSH and GST. The isoproturon-mediated increase in GSH levels of brain (threefold) and liver (3.6-fold) was also not affected following combined administration. GST activity was increased in liver of rats given isoproturon alone (fourfold) or in combination with anilofos (2.8-fold). Activities of total ATPase, Mg2+-ATPase and Na+-K+-ATPase were not affected in rats given either anilofos alone or herbicides in sequence. With these treatments, there were no alterations in the protein content of plasma, brain and liver. Overall findings of the study indicate that isoproturon pretreatment does not alter the toxicity of anilofos, the GSH-GST metabolic pathway may not have a significant implication in the detoxification of anilofos and the production of a reactive oxygen species may be a factor in mediating anilofos toxicity.
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- A Hazarika
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122, U.P., India
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Hazarika A, Chelleng PK, Satyanarayana K, Mahanta J. HIV infection among the high risk groups of Upper Assam. J Commun Dis 1995; 27:15-8. [PMID: 7636146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Serum samples of 9350 individuals belonging to different high risk groups were tested for HIV Infection by ELISA and western blot technique. 9 samples were found to be positive. Two of them belonged to indigenous people of Assam and the infection was transfusion/transplant associated and acquired outside the state during the course of medical treatment. Two were IDUs from Nagaland requiring treatment in a local hospital at Dibrugarh, Assam. Five were from floating population temporarily residing in Assam with history of heterosexual promiscuity. Overall seropositivity rate was 0.97/1000. It is felt that HIV infection in Upper Assam has not penetrated deeply and is at a manageable level and the spread of infection can be prevented through IEC programmes.
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- A Hazarika
- Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (ICMR), Dibrugarh
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