CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS量子点在单晶太阳能电池中的应用

将CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS量子点掺入到聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)中,研究了量子点的发光下转移特性。将420 nm长波滤光片盖在单晶电池上,使电池对300~420 nm波段光谱响应几乎为零,同时排除下转移层抗反射效应的影响,再在滤光片表面制备下转移层,观察到了外量子效率(EQE)值的提升,说明所用量子点可以应用于对300~420 nm波段光谱响应几乎为零的电池上实现频率的下转移,提高EQE。对量子点在太阳能电池中应用的可能性进行了分析,并根据本实验中测得电池的EQE数据,计算了该电池获得提升所需量子点最低的整体荧光量子效率值为87.8%。     

不同周期数的GaInAs/GaAsP多量子阱太阳能电池

为了研究不同量子阱周期数下GaInAs/GaAsP多量子阱太阳能电池性能的变化规律,利用金属有机化学气相沉积技术(MOCVD)制备了不同周期数的双结多量子阱太阳能电池样品以及无量子阱双结结构的参考样品,利用高分辨率X射线衍射仪(HXRD)和高分辨率透射电镜(TEM)测试了样品的晶体质量,同时在AM0(1×)光谱条件下测试了样品的I-V特性曲线和相应子电池的外量子效率。最终得到了高晶体质量、吸收截止波长在954 nm的Ga_(0.89)In_(0.11)As/GaAs_(0.92)P_(0.08)多量子阱结构,扩展波段的外量子效率最高达到75.18%,电池光电转换效率相对于无量子阱结构提升2.77%。通过对比测试结果发现,随着量子阱结构周期数的增加,太阳能电池在扩展波段(890~954 nm)的外量子效率不断提高,常规波段的短波响应(300~700 nm)会出现下降,长波响应(700~890 nm)会出现上升,短路电流和转换效率相应提升并趋于饱和。     

退火温度对聚对苯乙炔MOPPV-ZnSe量子点复合材料太阳电池性能影响

利用原位缩合法制备了聚(2-甲氧基-5辛氧基)对苯乙炔(MOPPV)-ZnSe量子点复合材料,通过对复合材料的X射线衍射、透射电子显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、紫外可见吸收光谱等研究,发现聚合物MOPPV与ZnSe量子点以包覆形式有效地复合在一起,复合材料中ZnSe量子点结晶性良好,尺寸约为4 nm;且两者之间发生光诱导电荷转移,复合材料随着退火温度的升高,其吸收光谱范围发生红移。通过对MOPPV-ZnSe复合材料光电性能的研究发现,复合材料光电性能随着退火温度的升高逐渐表现出明显的二极管特性,转换效率出现先增大后减小的趋势,且在160℃时转换效率达到最大为0.3726%。     

Light Harvesting and Enhanced Performance of Si Quantum Dot/Si Nanowire Heterojunction Solar Cells

Si nanowires (Si NWs) structures with good antireflection and enhanced optical‐absorption properties are used to fabricate Si quantum dots/Si NWs heterojunction solar cells. The Si NWs prepared by the metal‐assisted chemical‐etching technique exhibit a very low reflection in a wide spectral range (300–1200 nm). Correspondingly, the optical absorption reaches as high as 88.9% by weighting AM1.5G solar spectrum. Both the short current density and open current voltage are improved compared to the reference flat cell. However, the photovoltaic properties are degraded by varying the Si NWs with long etching time, possibly due to the increased etching‐induced surface states. The optimal Si NWs lead to the best cell with the power conversion efficiency of 11.3%.     

Ab Initio Simulation of Charge Transfer at the Semiconductor Quantum Dot/TiO2 Interface in Quantum Dot‐Sensitized Solar Cells

Quantum dot‐sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) have emerged as a promising solar architecture for next‐generation solar cells. The QDSSCs exhibit a remarkably fast electron transfer from the quantum dot (QD) donor to the TiO₂ acceptor with size quantization properties of QDs that allows for the modulation of band energies to control photoresponse and photoconversion efficiency of solar cells. To understand the mechanisms that underpin this rapid charge transfer, the electronic properties of CdSe and PbSe QDs with different sizes on the TiO₂ substrate are simulated using a rigorous ab initio density functional method. This method capitalizes on localized orbital basis set, which is computationally less intensive. Quite intriguingly, a remarkable set of electron bridging states between QDs and TiO₂ occurring via the strong bonding between the conduction bands of QDs and TiO₂ is revealed. Such bridging states account for the fast adiabatic charge transfer from the QD donor to the TiO₂ acceptor, and may be a general feature for strongly coupled donor/acceptor systems. All the QDs/TiO₂ systems exhibit type II band alignments, with conduction band offsets that increase with the decrease in QD size. This facilitates the charge transfer from QDs donors to TiO₂ acceptors and explains the dependence of the increased charge transfer rate with the decreased QD size.     

Current-Enhanced Quantum Well Solar Cells

We present the experimental results that demonstrate the enhancement of the short-circuit current of quantum well solar cells. The spectral response shows that the introduction of quantum wells extends the absorption spectrum of solar cells. The current densities under different truncated spectrums significantly increase, showing that quantum well solar cells are suitable to be the middle cells of GalnP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction solar cells to increase their overall conversion efficiency.     

Investigation of Gold Quantum Dot Enhanced Organic Thin Film Solar Cells

Gold quantum dots (AuQDs) are employed as photosensitizers in organic thin‐film solar cells (OSCs) to improve their photoelectric conversion properties. Three types of AuQDs with different fluorescence emission wavelengths are used: blue (B‐AuQDs), green (G‐AuQDs), and red (R‐AuQDs). AuQDs are loaded into the poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) thin‐film layer of OSCs. UV–vis spectra, atomic force microscope images, current density–voltage characteristics, and impedance spectra of the fabricated devices are measured for the three aforementioned types of AuQDs. All types of AuQDs improve the photoelectric conversion properties, and the G‐AuQD‐loaded OSCs exhibit the best improvement, exhibiting an efficiency increase of 10% compared with OSCs without the AuQDs. The fluorescence/photosensitization of the AuQDs plays an important role in the enhancement of the OSCs. Finite‐difference time‐domain simulations indicate increased electric field intensity due to a small degree of AuQDs aggregation.     

On Quantum Event Structures. Part III: Object of Truth Values

In this work we expand the foundational perspective of category theory on quantum event structures by showing the existence of an object of truth values in the category of quantum event algebras, characterized as subobject classifier. This object plays the corresponking role that the two-valued Boolean truth values object plays in a classical event structure. We construct the object of quantum truth values explicitly and argue that it constitutes the appropriate choice for the valuation of propositions describing the behavior of quantum systems.     

表面配体和器件结构对PbS胶体量子点电池性能的影响

利用吸收光谱、傅里叶变换红外光谱和循环伏安等表征技术,分析了利用四丁基碘化铵(TBAI)和1,2-乙二硫醇(EDT)配体钝化处理的PbS胶体量子点的光学性质、表面化学及其能级结构,并在此基础上分别以PbS-TBAI薄膜、PbS-EDT薄膜和PbS-TBAI/PbS-EDT薄膜作为有源层制备了PbS胶体量子点/Zn O纳米粒子异质结太阳能电池,以比较研究表面配体和器件结构对器件光伏性能及其稳定性的影响。结果表明,TBAI和EDT均能与PbS胶体量子点表面原有的油酸配体实现良好置换,但是配体置换之后量子点表面均残留少量油酸分子; PbS-TBAI薄膜的导带底为-5.12 eV,价带顶为-3. 86 eV,而PbS-EDT薄膜的导带底为-4. 99 eV,价带顶为-3. 74 eV,后者相对前者出现了明显的能带上移; PbS-TBAI/PbS-EDT双配体器件的光伏性能最优,能量转化效率达到4. 43%;随着空气暴露时间的增加,PbS-TBAI/PbS-EDT双配体器件和PbS-TBAI单配体器件表现出相似的性能变化趋势,于3 d后达到最优光伏性能,而PbS-EDT单配体器件的空气稳定性差,3 d后的能量转换效率下降至初始效率的1/4。本工作的研究结果将不仅有助于加深对PbS胶体量子点电池性能变化规律的认识,而且有望促进该类电池制备技术的进一步优化。     

ZnS/CdS/ZnS量子点量子阱的荧光衰减

采用反胶束方法制备了ZnS/CdS/ZnS量子点量子阱，并对其光谱性质进行了研究。结果表明所制得的量子点量子阱尺寸分布均匀，平均粒径为4.5nm，发光峰位于515nm左右，归属于CdS体内的施主－受主对复合。ZnS/CdS/ZnS量子点量子阱中CdS的发光比核－壳结构的ZnS/CdS量子点增强了近四倍，荧光寿命也有所增长。     

硅BC8量子点太阳能电池中的多重激子效应

多重激子效应是指在纳米半导体晶体中,量子点吸收一个高能光子而产生多个电子-空穴对的过程,该效应可以提高单结太阳电池能量转换效率。利用碰撞电离机制和费米统计模型计算了工作温度300 K的单结硅BC8量子点太阳能电池在AM1.5G太阳光谱下的能量转换效率。对于波长在280~580 nm的入射光,多重激子效应可以大幅增强硅BC8量子点直径d>5.0 nm的量子点太阳电池的能量转换效率。硅纳米量子点的直径d=6.3~6.4 nm时,最大能量转换效率为51.6%。