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Low threshold and efficient multiple exciton generation in halide perovskite nanocrystals

Li, Mingjie
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Begum, Raihana
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Fu, Jianhui
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October 10, 2018
Nature Communications

Multiple exciton generation (MEG) or carrier multiplication, a process that spawns two or more electron-hole pairs from an absorbed high-energy photon (larger than two times bandgap energy E-g, is a promising way to augment the photocurrent and overcome the Shockley-Queisser limit. Conventional semiconductor nanocrystals, the forerunners, face severe challenges from fast hot-carrier cooling. Perovskite nanocrystals possess an intrinsic phonon bottleneck that prolongs slow hot-carrier cooling, transcending these limitations. Herein, we demonstrate enhanced MEG with 2.25E(g) threshold and 75% slope efficiency in intermediate-confined colloidal formamidinium lead iodide nanocrystals, surpassing those in strongly confined lead sulfide or lead selenide incumbents. Efficient MEG occurs via inverse Auger process within 90 fs, afforded by the slow cooling of energetic hot carriers. These nanocrystals circumvent the conundrum over enhanced Coulombic coupling and reduced density of states in strongly confined nanocrystals. These insights may lead to the realization of next generation of solar cells and efficient optoelectronic devices.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41467-018-06596-1
Web of Science ID

WOS:000446846600016

Author(s)
Li, Mingjie
Begum, Raihana
Fu, Jianhui
Xu, Qiang
Koh, Teck Ming
Veldhuis, Sjoerd A.
Graetzel, Michael  
Mathews, Nripan
Mhaisalkar, Subodh
Sum, Tze Chien
Date Issued

2018-10-10

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

9

Article Number

4197

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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carrier-multiplication efficiency

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quantum dots

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semiconductor nanocrystals

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multiexciton generation

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impact ionization

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solar-cells

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phonon bottleneck

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pbse

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breaking

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