<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shinde, Dipak Dattatray</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sharma, Anjali</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dambhare, Neha V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mahajan, Chandan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biswas, Arindam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mitra, Anurag</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rath, Arup K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthesis and processing strategy for high-bandgap PbS quantum dots: a promising candidate for harvesting high-energy photons in solar cells</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACS Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">charge transport</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lead sulfide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ligand passivation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">quantum dots</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">solar cell</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">42522-42533</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	The wide tunability of the energy bandgap of colloidal lead sulfide (PbS) quantum dots (QDs) has uniquely positioned them for the development of single junction and tandem solar cells. While there have been substantial advancements in moderate and narrow bandgap PbS QDs-ideal for single junction solar cells and the bottom cell in tandem solar cells, respectively; progress has been limited in high-bandgap PbS QDs that are ideally suited for the formation of the top cell in tandem solar cells. The development of appropriate high bandgap PbS QDs would be a major advancement toward realizing efficient all-QD tandem solar cells utilizing different sizes of PbS QDs. Here, we report a comprehensive approach encompassing synthetic strategy, ligand engineering, and hole transport layer (HTL) modification to implement high-bandgap PbS QDs into solar cell devices. We achieved a greater degree of size homogeneity in high-bandgap PbS QDs through the use of a growth retarding agent and a partial passivation strategy. By adjusting the ligand polarity, we successfully grow HTL over the QD film to fabricate solar cells. With the aid of an interface modifying layer, we incorporated an organic HTL for the realization of high-performance solar cells. These solar cells exhibited an impressive open-circuit voltage of 0.824 V and a power conversion efficiency of 10.7%, marking a 360% improvement over previous results.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sharma, Anjali</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shinde, Dipak Dattatray</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mahajan, Chandan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dambhare, Neha V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biswas, Arindam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mitra, Anurag</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Girade, Vrushali S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rath, Arup K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synergistic improvement of narrow bandgap PbS quantum dot solar cells through surface ligand engineering, near-infrared spectral matching, and enhanced electrode transparency</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACS Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lead sulfide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ligand passivation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">near-infrared</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">quantum dots</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">solar cell</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tandem solarcell</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6614-6625</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	The tunability of the energy bandgap in the near-infrared (NIR) range uniquely positions colloidal lead sulfide (PbS) quantum dots (QDs) as a versatile material to enhance the performance of existing perovskite and silicon solar cells in tandem architectures. The desired narrow bandgap (NBG) PbS QDs exhibit polar (111) and nonpolar (100) terminal facets, making effective surface passivation through ligand engineering highly challenging. Despite recent breakthroughs in surface ligand engineering, NBG PbS QDs suffer from uncontrolled agglomeration in solid films, leading to increased energy disorder and trap formation. The limited NIR transparency of commonly used indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) electrodes and inadequate NIR radiation from commercially available solar simulators further compromise the true performance of NBG PbS QDs in solar cells. Here, we employ a hybrid ligand strategy based on inorganic cadmium halide and organic thiol molecules, leading to the partial substitution of surface Pb atoms with Cd heteroatoms. This hybrid ligand strategy substantially reduces undesired QD fusion in solid films, improving the photophysical and electronic properties. By modulating the thickness of the ITO layer and managing refraction loss through a ZnO layer coating, we improved NIR transparency to above 80%. We combine an NIR light source with a solar simulator to achieve near-ideal spectral matching for a broader range with standard AM1.5G illumination. Enhancements in surface passivation of QDs, improvements in NIR transparency of electrodes, and a spectral matched light source setup help us achieve solar cell power conversion efficiencies of 12.4%, 4.48%, and 1.37% under AM 1.5G, perovskite filter, and silicon filter illuminations, respectively. A record open-circuit voltage (V oc) of 0.54 V and short-circuit current density (J sc) of 38.5 mA/cm2 are achieved under AM 1.5G illumination. We attribute these advancements in photovoltaic parameters to the reduction in Urbach tail states and intermediate trap density originating from superior surface passivation of QDs.&lt;/p&gt;
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