Efficient 2D to 0D Energy Transfer in HgTe Nanoplatelet-Quantum Dot Heterostructures through High-Speed Exciton Diffusion

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Large area absorbers with localized defect emission are of interest for energy concentration via the antenna effect. Transfer between 2D and 0D quantum-confined structures is advantageous as it affords maximal lateral area antennas with continuously tunable emission. We report the quantum efficiency of energy transfer in in-situ grown HgTe nanoplatelet (NPL)/quantum dot (QD) heterostructures to be near unity (>85%), while energy transfer in separately synthesized and well separated solutions of HgTe NPLs to QDs only reaches 47±11% at considerably higher QD concentrations. Using Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, we estimate an exciton diffusion constant of 1-10 cm2/s in HgTe NPLs, the same magnitude as 2D semiconductors. We also simulate in-solution energy transfer between NPLs and QDs, recovering an R^(-4) dependence, consistent with 2D-0D near-field energy transfer even in randomly distributed NPL/QD mixtures. This highlights the advantage of NPLs 2D morphology and the efficiency of NPL/QD heterostructures and mixtures for energy harvesting.

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