High near-infrared photoluminescence quantum efficiency from PbS nanocrystals in polymer films

We investigate the effect of film morphology and phase segregation in polymer/colloidal PbS nanocrystal films on the near-infrared photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) of the nanocrystals. A direct correlation between the size of closed packed nanocrystal phase separated domains and lower PLQE was established. Films with a near-infrared PLQE of up to 12% have been prepared.