Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
Multibandgap quantum dot ensembles for solar-matched infrared energy harvesting
- Bin Sun,
- Olivier Ouellette,
- F. Pelayo García de Arquer,
- Oleksandr Voznyy,
- Younghoon Kim,
- Mingyang Wei,
- Andrew H. Proppe,
- Makhsud I. Saidaminov,
- Jixian Xu,
- Mengxia Liu,
- Peicheng Li,
- James Z. Fan,
- Jea Woong Jo,
- Hairen Tan,
- Furui Tan,
- Sjoerd Hoogland,
- Zheng Hong Lu,
- Shana O. Kelley,
- Edward H. Sargent
Affiliations
- Bin Sun
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Olivier Ouellette
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- F. Pelayo García de Arquer
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Oleksandr Voznyy
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Younghoon Kim
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Mingyang Wei
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Andrew H. Proppe
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Makhsud I. Saidaminov
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Jixian Xu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Mengxia Liu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Peicheng Li
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
- James Z. Fan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Jea Woong Jo
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Hairen Tan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Furui Tan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Sjoerd Hoogland
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Zheng Hong Lu
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
- Shana O. Kelley
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
- Edward H. Sargent
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06342-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Efficient harvest of solar energy beyond the silicon absorption edge of 1100 nm by semiconductor solar cells remains a challenge. Here Sun et al. mix high multi-bandgap lead sulfide colloidal quantum dot ensembles to further increase both short circuit current and open circuit voltage.
