On the Origin of Below-Bandgap Turn-On Voltage in LEDs and High VOC in Solar Cells comprising Colloidal Quantum Dots with Engineered Density of States

2019/09/23 by Santanu Pradhan, Pradhan, Santanu, Mariona Dalmases +3
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films #Perovskite Materials and Applications #Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties #physics.app-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1909.10267

arxiv created 2019/09/23 · arxiv updated 2019/09/24

Abstract

The turn-on voltage of an LED is an important parameter as it determined the power consumption of the LED and influences the effective power conversion efficiency.

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