Charge dynamics at heterojunctions for PbS/ZnO colloidal quantum dot solar cells probed with time-resolved surface photovoltage spectroscopy | Zendy

Ben F. Spencer | Zendy; Marina A. Leontiadou | Zendy; Pip C. J. Clark | Zendy; Andrew I. Williamson | Zendy; Mathieu G. Silly | Zendy; Fausto Sirotti | Zendy; Simon M. Fairclough | Zendy; Shik Chi Edman Tsang | Zendy; Darren C. J. Neo | Zendy; Hazel E. Assender | Zendy; Andrew A. R. Watt | Zendy; Wendy R. Flavell | Zendy

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Charge dynamics at heterojunctions for PbS/ZnO colloidal quantum dot solar cells probed with time-resolved surface photovoltage spectroscopy

Author(s) -

Ben F. Spencer,

Marina A. Leontiadou,

Pip C. J. Clark,

Andrew I. Williamson,

Mathieu G. Silly,

Fausto Sirotti,

Simon M. Fairclough,

Shik Chi Edman Tsang,

Darren C. J. Neo,

Hazel E. Assender,

Andrew A. R. Watt,

Wendy R. Flavell

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

applied physics letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182

H-Index - 442

eISSN - 1077-3118

pISSN - 0003-6951

DOI - 10.1063/1.4943077

Subject(s) - heterojunction , surface photovoltage , quantum dot , materials science , spectroscopy , substrate (aquarium) , optoelectronics , photoconductivity , charge carrier , depletion region , photoemission spectroscopy , band gap , laser , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , semiconductor , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , optics , physics , oceanography , nuclear magnetic resonance , quantum mechanics , chromatography , geology

Time-resolved laser-pump X-ray-photoemission-probe spectroscopy of a ZnO (101¯0) substrate with and without PbSquantum dots(QDs) chemically linked to the surface is performed, using laser photonenergies resonant with and below the band gapenergy of the substrate (λ = 372 and 640 nm, hν = 3.33 and 1.94 eV). Charge injection from the photoexcitedQDs to ZnO is demonstrated through the change in the surface photovoltage of the ZnO substrate observed when the heterojunction is illuminated with 1.94 eV radiation. The measured carrier dynamics are limited by the persistent photoconductivity of ZnO, giving dark carrier lifetimes of the order of 200 μs in a depletion layer at the interface. The chemical specificity of soft X-rays is used to separately measure the charge dynamics in the quantum dots and the substrate, yielding evidence that the depletion region at the interface extends into the PbSQD layer

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