Semiconductor Quantum Dots: An Emerging Candidate for CO2 Photoreduction

HL Wu, XB Li, CH Tung, LZ Wu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most critical approaches to resolve the energy crisis and environmental
concerns, carbon dioxide (CO2) photoreduction into value‐added chemicals and solar fuels …

Semiconductor quantum dots: a versatile platform for photoredox organic transformation

HL Wu, MY Qi, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), as a newfashioned light-absorbing material with great
promise in artificial photosystems, generally exhibit attractive photoactivity and selectivity in …

Prospects of nanoscience with nanocrystals

MV Kovalenko, L Manna, A Cabot, Z Hens… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

Exciton dynamics and annihilation in WS 2 2D semiconductors

L Yuan, L Huang - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We systematically investigate the exciton dynamics in monolayered, bilayered, and
trilayered WS2 two-dimensional (2D) crystals by time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) …

Electronic processes within quantum dot-molecule complexes

RD Harris, S Bettis Homan, M Kodaimati, C He… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the colloidal quantum dot (QD) and specifically the interaction of
the QD with proximate molecules. It covers various functions of these molecules, including (i) …

The architecture of colloidal quantum dot solar cells: materials to devices

IJ Kramer, EH Sargent - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are nanometer-sized particles of semiconductor dispersed
in a solvent with the aid of a stabilizing ligand. CQDs' physical dimensions and shape dictate …

Designing the surfaces of semiconductor quantum dots for colloidal photocatalysis

EA Weiss - ACS Energy Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
This Perspective reviews strategies for tuning the surface chemistry of colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots, QDs) to function as photoredox catalysts or …

Charge Transfer from Quantum-Confined 0D, 1D, and 2D Nanocrystals

Q Li, K Wu, H Zhu, Y Yang, S He, T Lian - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The properties of colloidal quantum-confined semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), including
zero-dimensional (0D) quantum dots, 1D nanorods, 2D nanoplatelets, and their …

Charge transfer dynamics from photoexcited semiconductor quantum dots

H Zhu, Y Yang, K Wu, T Lian - Annual review of physical …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Understanding photoinduced charge transfer from nanomaterials is essential to the many
applications of these materials. This review summarizes recent progress in understanding …

Colloidal quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications

SB Brichkin, VF Razumov - Russian Chemical Reviews, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Key recent results obtained in studies of a new class of luminophores, colloidal quantum
dots, are analyzed. Modern methods for the synthesis and post-synthetic treatment of …