The role of ligands in the chemical synthesis and applications of inorganic nanoparticles

A Heuer-Jungemann, N Feliu, I Bakaimi… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

It's a trap! On the nature of localised states and charge trapping in lead halide perovskites

H Jin, E Debroye, M Keshavarz, IG Scheblykin… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent surge of scientific interest for lead halide perovskite semiconductors and
optoelectronic devices has seen a mix of materials science sub-fields converge on the same …

Advances in carbon dots: from the perspective of traditional quantum dots

Y Liu, H Huang, W Cao, B Mao, Y Liu… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs) have been the core concept of nanoscience and nanotechnology since
their inception, and play a dominant role in the development of the nano-field. Carbon dots …

Synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, focusing on nontoxic and earth-abundant materials

P Reiss, M Carriere, C Lincheneau, L Vaure… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

Ligand exchange and the stoichiometry of metal chalcogenide nanocrystals: spectroscopic observation of facile metal-carboxylate displacement and binding

NC Anderson, MP Hendricks, JJ Choi… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that metal carboxylate complexes (L–M (O2CR) 2, R= oleyl, tetradecyl, M=
Cd, Pb) are readily displaced from carboxylate-terminated ME nanocrystals (ME= CdSe …

Core/shell quantum dots solar cells

GS Selopal, H Zhao, ZM Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanocrystals, the so‐called quantum dots (QDs), exhibit versatile optical and
electrical properties. However, QDs possess high density of surface defects/traps due to the …

Hybrid passivated colloidal quantum dot solids

AH Ip, SM Thon, S Hoogland, O Voznyy… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films allow large-area solution processing and bandgap tuning
through the quantum size effect,,,,,. However, the high ratio of surface area to volume makes …

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. The Next Big Thing in Photovoltaics

PV Kamat - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
The recent surge in the utilization of semiconductor nanostructures for solar energy
conversion has led to the development of high-efficiency solar cells. Some of these recent …

Mn-doped quantum dot sensitized solar cells: a strategy to boost efficiency over 5%

PK Santra, PV Kamat - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 - ACS Publications
To make Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSC) competitive, it is necessary to achieve
power conversion efficiencies comparable to other emerging solar cell technologies. By …

Laminated carbon nanotube networks for metal electrode-free efficient perovskite solar cells

Z Li, SA Kulkarni, PP Boix, E Shi, A Cao, K Fu… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic–inorganic metal halide perovskite solar cells were fabricated by laminating films of
a carbon nanotube (CNT) network onto a CH3NH3PbI3 substrate as a hole collector …