• 文献标题:   Multi-functional nitrogen self-doped graphene quantum dots for boosting the photovoltaic performance of BHJ solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MOON BJ, JANG D, YI Y, LEE H, KIM SJ, OH Y, LEE SH, PARK M, LEE S, BAE S
  • 作者关键词:   pan fiber, hydrothermal cutting, ndoped graphene quantum dot, photoluminescence, hole transport layer
  • 出版物名称:   NANO ENERGY
  • ISSN:   2211-2855 EI 2211-3282
  • 通讯作者地址:   Korea Inst Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   20
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.02.013
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The tunable heteroatom doping density in graphene quantum dots (GQDs) can provide unique opportunities for advanced electrochemical and opto-electronic applications with control of intrinsic properties that allow exploiting new phenomena. Herein, we report a facile one-step synthesis of the nitrogen-doped high crystallinity GQDs (nGQDs) from poly-acrylonitrile (PAN)-based CFs using the solvo-thermal cutting method. Interestingly, the optical properties of nGQDs can be simply controlled by varying the heat treatment temperature of the CFs with different N contents. We also conduct an in-depth study on the optical properties of nGQDs according to the variation of N atom density that can be readily modulated by controlling the graphitization temperature of CFs, via both experimental and computational analyses. The synthesized nGQDs are blended with PEDOT:PSS as an anodic buffer layer to induce efficient hole extraction and energy-down-shift in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices that provide an enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 7.5% to 8.5%. Because of the wide absorption band, high carrier extraction, and non-toxicity, these nGQDs are demonstrated to be excellent probes for high-performance opto-electronic applications.