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ReviewACS omega2022

The Synergy of Lead Chalcogenide Nanocrystals in Polymeric Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells.

Amir Al-Ahmed, Mohammad Afzaal, Nasurullah Mahar, Firoz Khan, Sadanand Pandey, Md Hasan Zahir, Fahad A Al-Suliman

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Review in ACS omega, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Amir Al-AhmedInterdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), King Fahd University of Petroleum and & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9686-2374
Mohammad AfzaalMaths and Natural Sciences Division, Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O. Box 7947, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Nasurullah MaharDepartment of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Firoz KhanInterdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), King Fahd University of Petroleum and & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Sadanand PandeyDepartment of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-897X
Md Hasan ZahirInterdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), King Fahd University of Petroleum and & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6752-9318
Fahad A Al-SulimanInterdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), King Fahd University of Petroleum and & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoactive polymer and quantum dots (QDs)/nanocrystals (NCs)-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells have the combined positivity of organic semiconductors and inorganic components, which can enable a high carrier mobility and absorption coefficient. Additionally, the NCs also provide the opportunity to tune the band gap to obtain enhanced absorption in a broad solar spectrum. Among the semiconductors, lead chalcogenide NCs are of particular interest due to their good photosensitivity in the near-infrared (NIR) region of the solar spectrum. These NCs have large exciton Bohr radii (18, 46, and 150 nm for PbS, PbSe, and PbTe, respectively) and tunable sizes depending on the optical bandgaps between 0.3 and 1.5 eV. Independently, lead chalcogenide NCs have been studied extensively for different applications; however, uses in polymer-NC-based bulk heterojunction solar cells are limited. This Review has been structured on the lead chalcogenide NCs incorporated in polymer composite-based bulk heterojunction solar cells covering the material, properties, and solar cell performance to find the issues and explore future opportunities.

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PMCPMC9773793

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