The development of electronics is increasingly dependent on low-cost, flexible, solution-
processed semiconductors. Colloidal quantum dots are solution-processed semiconducting …

Semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) have received huge attention for energy conversion
and storage due to their unique characteristics, such as quantum size effect, multiple exciton …

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 …

In the ever-increasing energy demand scenario, the development of novel photovoltaic (PV)
technologies is considered to be one of the key solutions to fulfil the energy request. In this …

Bandtail states in disordered semiconductor materials result in losses in open-circuit voltage
(V oc) and inhibit carrier transport in photovoltaics. For colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films …

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), nanometer-scale semiconductor crystals capped with
surfactant molecules and dispersed in solution, have provided a powerful platform for the …

In 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley outlined humanity's top 10 problems for the
next 50 years. 1 The top problem is energy (Figure 1). Human society is facing a global …

Solution processing is a promising route for the realization of low-cost, large-area, flexible
and lightweight photovoltaic devices with short energy payback time and high specific …

The electronic properties of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are critically dependent on both
QD size and surface chemistry. Modification of quantum confinement provides control of the …

Since their inception 18 years ago, electrically driven colloidal quantum-dot light-emitting
devices (QD-LEDs) have increased in external quantum efficiency from less than 0.01% to …