Fabrication of CuInTe2 and CuInTe2–x Se x Ternary Gradient Quantum Dots and Their Application to Solar Cells

We report the first synthesis of colloidal CuInTe2, CuInTe2–x Se x gradient alloyed quantum dots (QDs) through a simple hot injection method. We confirmed the composition of synthesized QDs to cationic rich phase of CuIn1.5Te2.5 and Cu0.23In0.36Te0.19Se0.22 with XPS and ICP analysis, and we have als...

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Published in:ACS nano 2013-06, Vol.7 (6), p.4756-4763
Main Authors: Kim, Sungwoo, Kang, Meejae, Kim, Seajin, Heo, Jin-Hyuk, Noh, Jun Hong, Im, Sang Hyuk, Seok, Sang Il, Kim, Sang-Wook
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Language:English
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Summary:We report the first synthesis of colloidal CuInTe2, CuInTe2–x Se x gradient alloyed quantum dots (QDs) through a simple hot injection method. We confirmed the composition of synthesized QDs to cationic rich phase of CuIn1.5Te2.5 and Cu0.23In0.36Te0.19Se0.22 with XPS and ICP analysis, and we have also found that the gradient alloyed Cu0.23In0.36Te0.19Se0.22 QDs exhibit greatly improved stability over the CuIn1.5Te2.5 QDs. The solution-processed solar cell based on the gradient alloyed Cu0.23In0.36Te0.19Se0.22 QDs exhibited 17.4 mA/cm2 of short circuit current density (J sc), 0.40 V of open circuit voltage (V oc), 44.1% of fill factor (FF), and 3.1% of overall power conversion efficiency at 100 mW/cm2 AM 1.5G illumination.
ISSN:1936-0851
1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/nn401274e