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Title
Unity quantum yield of photogenerated charges and band-like transport in quantum-dot solids
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Abstract
Solid films of colloidal quantum dots show promise in the manufacture of photodetectors and solar cells. These devices require high yields of photogenerated charges and high carrier mobilities, which are difficult to achieve in quantum-dot films owing to a strong electronhole interaction and quantum confinement. Here, we show that the quantum yield of photogenerated charges in strongly coupled PbSe quantum-dot films is unity over a large temperature range. At high photoexcitation density, a transition takes place from hopping between localized states to band-like transport. These strongly coupled quantum-dot films have electrical properties that approach those of crystalline bulk semiconductors, while retaining the size tunability and cheap processing properties of colloidal quantum dots.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature nanotechnology
Publication
2011
ISSN
1748-3387
1748-3395
DOI
10.1038/NNANO.2011.159
Volume/pages
6 :11 (2011) , p. 733-739
ISI
000296737300012
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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