Spin-coated fluorinated PbS QD superlattice thin film with high hole mobility.
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| Abstract | :  Motivated by the oleophobic and electron-withdrawing nature of perfluorocarbons, we explore the effect of a trifluoromethyl coating on lead sulfide quantum dots (PbS QDs) in thin film transistor (TFT) geometry. The low surface energy conferred by the oleophobic perfluorocarbons creates QDs packed in a primitive cubic lattice with long range order, as confirmed by grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Hole mobilities as high as 0.085 cm2 V-1 s-1 were measured in the TFTs. No electron transport was observed. This suggests that the electron-withdrawing nature of the trifluoromethyl ligand is eclipsed by the excess holes present in the PbS QDs that likely stem from cation vacancies induced by the thiol group. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2020 | 
| Journal | :  Nanoscale | 
| Volume | :  12 | 
| Issue | :  20 | 
| Number of Pages | :  11174-11181 | 
| Date Published | :  2020 | 
| ISSN Number | :  2040-3364 | 
| URL | :  https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr02299c | 
| DOI | :  10.1039/d0nr02299c | 
| Short Title | :  Nanoscale | 
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