Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

The effect of water on colloidal quantum dot solar cells

  • Guozheng Shi,
  • Haibin Wang,
  • Yaohong Zhang,
  • Chen Cheng,
  • Tianshu Zhai,
  • Botong Chen,
  • Xinyi Liu,
  • Ryota Jono,
  • Xinnan Mao,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Xuliang Zhang,
  • Xufeng Ling,
  • Yannan Zhang,
  • Xing Meng,
  • Yifan Chen,
  • Steffen Duhm,
  • Liang Zhang,
  • Tao Li,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Shiyun Xiong,
  • Takashi Sagawa,
  • Takaya Kubo,
  • Hiroshi Segawa,
  • Qing Shen,
  • Zeke Liu,
  • Wanli Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24614-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Surface of colloidal quantum dot is sensitive to water, and the interaction could potentially alter its chemical environments. Here, Shi et al. investigate how the interaction effects the nanostructures and carrier dynamic in CQDs, and subsequently introduce meniscus-guided coating technique to mitigate CQD fusion triggered by water adsorption.