• 文献标题:   Physicochemical properties of hybrid graphene-lead sulfide quantum dots prepared by supercritical ethanol
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TAVAKOLI MM, TAYYEBI A, SIMCHI A, AASHURI H, OUTOKESH M, FAN ZY
  • 作者关键词:   quantum dot, reduced graphene oxide, lead sulfide, photovoltaic, density function theory
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1388-0764 EI 1572-896X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sharif Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11051-014-2854-8
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Recently, hybrid graphene-quantum dot systems have attracted increasing attention for the next-generation optoelectronic devices such as ultra-fast photo-detectors and solar energy harvesting. In this paper, a novel, one-step, reproducible, and solution-processed method is introduced to prepare hybrid graphene-PbS colloids by employing supercritical ethanol. In the hybrid nanocomposite, PbS quantum dots (similar to 3 nm) are decorated on the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets (similar to 1 nm thickness and less than 1 micron lengths). By employing X-ray photoelectron and Raman and infrared spectroscopy techniques, it is shown that the rGO nanosheets are bonded to PbS nanocrystals through carboxylic bonds. Passivation of {111} planes of PbS quantum dots with rGO nanosheets is demonstrated by employing density function theory. Quenching of the photoluminescence emission of PbS nanocrystals through coupling with graphene sheets is also shown. In order to illustrate that the developed preparation method does not impair the quantum efficiency of the PbS nanocrystals, the photovoltaic efficiency of solar cell device is reported and compared with oleic acid-capped PbS colloidal quantum dot solar cells. By employing the "Hall effect" measurement, it is shown that the carrier mobility is significantly increased (by two orders of magnitudes) in the presence of graphene nanosheets.