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- The study explores how charge separation works at the interface between lead sulfide (PbS) and zinc oxide (ZnO) in colloidal quantum dot solar cells by using impedance spectroscopy and measuring external quantum efficiency.
- In undoped devices, the lack of a depletion region in the PbS layer limits effective charge carrier harvesting to those generated very close to the PbS/ZnO interface.
- When ZnO is photodoped to match or exceed the PbS doping density, a significant depletion region forms within the PbS layer, enhancing charge extraction and allowing the device to operate more efficiently.
Article Abstract
The nature of charge separation at the heterojunction interface of solution processed lead sulphide-zinc oxide colloidal quantum dot solar cells is investigated using impedance spectroscopy and external quantum efficiency measurements to examine the effect of varying the zinc oxide doping density. Without doping, the device behaves excitonically with no depletion region in the PbS layer such that only charge carriers generated within a diffusion length of the PbS/ZnO interface have a good probability of being harvested. After the ZnO is photodoped such that the doping density is near or greater than that of the PbS, a significant portion of the depletion region is found to lie within the PbS layer increasing charge extraction (p-n operation).
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