This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

Copper-doped semiconductors are classic phosphor materials that have been used in a
variety of applications for many decades. Colloidal copper-doped semiconductor …

The electronic and magnetic properties of the luminescent excited states of colloidal Cu+:
CdSe, Cu+: InP, and CuInS2 nanocrystals were investigated using variable-temperature …

Abstract Ternary I‐III‐VI2 nanocrystals (NCs), such as CuInS2, are receiving attention as
heavy‐metals‐free materials for solar cells, luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), LEDs …

High quality CdS/ZnS: Cu quantum dots (QDs) were first synthesized via a green microwave
irradiation route. As-prepared core/shell doped QDs presented a strong absorption in the …

Hot electrons can dramatically improve the efficiency of solar cells and sensitize
energetically-demanding photochemical reactions. Efficient hot electron devices have been …

High ion diffusivity of Cu+ dopants accelerates outdiffusion in quantum dots (QDs) at high
temperatures. This kind of self‐purification gives rise to a sharp decrease in dopant …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the challenges, advancements, and
prospects in the synthesis, characterization, and fabrication of white light phosphor matrices …

Single-particle photoluminescence blinking is observed in the copper-centered deep-trap
luminescence of copper-doped CdSe (Cu+: CdSe) nanocrystals. Blinking dynamics for Cu+ …

In the past decade, colloidal quantum wells, also known as 2-D semiconductor
nanoplatelets (NPLs), have been added to the colloidal nanocrystal (NC) family. Through …