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Jingxuan Chen, Xinyi Mei, Xiaoliang Zhang. Emerging Quantum Dots Spotlight on Next-Generation Photovoltaics. Materials Lab 2022, 1, 220007. doi: 10.54227/mlab.20220007
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Emerging Quantum Dots Spotlight on Next-Generation Photovoltaics
Published as part of the Virtual Special Issue “Beihang University at 70”
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Abstract
Semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) received considerable attention for application in optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells, photodetectors and light-emitting diodes, due to their unique fundamental properties, including solution processability, size-dependent bandgap energies, high stability and low cost. Specifically, the suitable bandgap energy of QDs with strong light absorption in the visible and near-infrared regions makes them a kind of competitive photovoltaic materials toward next-generation photovoltaics. Herein, the advantages of emerging QDs, including infrared lead sulfide QDs and perovskite QDs, are highlighted for new generation photovoltaics, and the possible challenges and opportunities approaching high-performance solar cells are also proposed.
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Keywords:
- Quantum dot /
- Solar cell /
- Energy conversion /
- Photovoltaic
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Author Biographies
Jingxuan Chen is a PhD student at Beihang University, China. She received her Bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, in 2018. Currently, she is conducting her PhD studies under the guidance of Prof. Xiaoliang Zhang. Her current research interest mainly focuses on utilizing surface management to improve the photovoltaic performance of quantum dot solar cells. 
XinYi Mei earned her Bachelor’s degree from Central South University, China, in 2019. She is now pursuing her PhD degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry at Beihang University, under the supervision of Prof. Xiaoliang Zhang. Her current research interest mainly focuses on the novel physical properties of low-dimensional optoelectronic materials, such as quantum dots, and their application in light-emitting devices. 
Xiaoliang Zhang is a professor at Beihang University, China, and directs a research group working on optoelectronic materials and devices. He received his PhD degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry from Beihang University in 2013. Then, he joined Uppsala University, Sweden, as a postdoctoral researcher and subsequently was promoted as a senior researcher at Uppsala University. He joined Beihang University as a full professor in 2018. He has a particular interest in semiconducting quantum dots for application in new generation optoelectronic devices. -
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(a) The Shockley-Queisser theoretical efficiency limitation of singe-junction solar cells and the highest PCEs of QDSCs.[11,18-21] (b) The device structure of QDSCs. (c) The number of annual publications (from 2012 to 2021) of PbS-QD (searched using the keyword: PbS quantum dot) and PbS-QDSC (searched using the keyword: PbS quantum dot solar cell). The data were retrieved from Scopus. (d) The number of annual publications (from 2012 to 2021) of Pe-QD (searched using the keyword: perovskite quantum dot) and Pe-QDSC (searched using the keyword: perovskite quantum dot solar cell). The data were retrieved from Scopus. (e) Evolution of the certified PCEs of QDSCs (from National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)).[22]
