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    Electrochemical Modulation of the Photophysics of Surface-Localized Trap States in Core/Shell/(Shell) Quantum Dot Films

    Year: 2019

    Journal: Chem. Mat., Volume 31, 1-Oct, page 8484–8493

    Authors: van der Stam, Ward; Grimaldi, Gianluca; Geuchies, Jaco J.; Gudjonsdottir, Solrun; van Uffelen, Pieter T.; van Overeem, Mandy; Brynjarsson, Baldur; Kirkwood, Nicholas; Houtepen, Arjan J.

    Organizations: European Research Council Horizon 2020 ERC Grant [678004]

    In this work, we systematically study the spectroelectrochemical response of CdSe quantum dots (QDs), CdSe/CdS core/shell QDs with varying CdS shell thicknesses, and CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell QDs in order to elucidate the influence of localized surface trap states on the optoelectronic properties. By correlating the differential absorbance and the photoluminescence upon electrochemically raising the Fermi level, we reveal that trap states near the conduction band (CB) edge give rise to nonradiative recombination pathways regardless of the CdS shell thickness, evidenced by quenching of the photoluminescence before the CB edge is populated with electrons. This points in the direction of shallow trap states localized on the CdS shell surface that give rise to nonradiative recombination pathways. We suggest that these shallow trap states reduce the quantum yield because of enhanced hole trapping when the Fermi level is raised electrochemically. We show that these shallow trap states are removed when additional wide band gap ZnS shells are grown around the CdSe/CdS core/shell QDs.
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