Lim, Guh-Hwan Lee, Kyu Seung Park, Young Jae Shim, Jaeho Choi, Jin Woo Kim, Minju Jin, Yeonghoon Lim, Byungkwon Yi, Yeonjin Lee, Chang-Lyoul Hwang, Jun Yeon Son, Dong Ick 2024-01-19T19:02:17Z 2024-01-19T19:02:17Z 2021-09-04 2019-10-14 2050-7526 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/119451 Herein, we demonstrate that two-dimensional (2D) CdSeS quantum dot monolayers (QDM) can strongly influence efficient charge transport and charge separation, improving the performance of inverted polymer solar cells (iPSCs). Also, for the first time we report the electronic band structure of CdSeS and CdSeS@ZnS QDs and an effective approach to apply the 2D QDM as an effective electron transport layer in iPSCs from work function studies. The iPSCs with the 2D CdSeS QDM showed maximum power conversion efficiencies of 8.83%, which were 26% higher than the reference. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) measurements were performed to confirm the charge separation and electron transport behavior in the iPSCs with 2D QDMs. The PL decay time of the iPSCs with the CdSeS QDM at 720 nm was similar to 60 ps, which is much faster than that of the iPSCs without the 2D QDM. The enhanced photovoltaic performance of the iPSCs with the 2D CdSeS QDM can be attributed to the effective charge separation and electron transport performance due to the high built-in voltage and fast exciton decay time from the 2D QDM. English ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY ELECTRON-EXTRACTION LAYERS HIGH-PERFORMANCE CATHODE INTERLAYER GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS HOLE LIGHT PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PBSE Charge transport effect and photovoltaic conversion of two-dimensional CdSeS quantum dot monolayers in inverted polymer solar cells Article 10.1039/c9tc04227j 1 JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, v.7, no.38, pp.11797 - 11805 JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 7 38 11797 11805 scie scopus 000489049000008 2-s2.0-85073109860 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Physics, Applied Materials Science Physics Article ELECTRON-EXTRACTION LAYERS HIGH-PERFORMANCE CATHODE INTERLAYER GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS HOLE LIGHT PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PBSE Charge transport photovoltaic conversion CdSeS quantum Dot inverted polymer solar cells two-dimensional