Synergistic Doping of Fullerene Electron Transport Layer and Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids Enhances Solar Cell Performance

Yuan, Mingjian; Voznyy, Oleksandr; Zhitomirsky, David; Kanjanaboos, Pongsakorn; Sargent, Edward H.

Synergistic Doping of Fullerene Electron Transport Layer and Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids Enhances Solar Cell Performance

Type

Article

Authors

Yuan, Mingjian
Voznyy, Oleksandr

Zhitomirsky, David
Kanjanaboos, Pongsakorn
Sargent, Edward H.

KAUST Grant Number

KUS-11-009-21

Online Publication Date

2014-12-12

Print Publication Date

2015-02

Date

2014-12-12

Citation

Yuan M, Voznyy O, Zhitomirsky D, Kanjanaboos P, Sargent EH (2014) Synergistic Doping of Fullerene Electron Transport Layer and Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids Enhances Solar Cell Performance. Advanced Materials 27: 917–921. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201404411.

Acknowledgements

Dr. M. Yuan and Dr. O. Voznyy contributed equally to this work. This publication is based in part on work supported by Award KUS-11-009-21, made by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), by the Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Program, and by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. This research was supported in part by UNIST, funded by the Ministry of Education, Korea via a National Research Foundation of Korea Grant, and the cooperation of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant, funded by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy. The authors thank Angstrom Engineering and Innovative Technology for useful discussions regarding material deposition methods and control of glovebox environment, respectively. The authors would like to acknowledge the technical assistance and scientific guidance of E. Palmiano, R. Wolowiec, and D. Kopilovic.