Quantum dots for photovoltaics: a tale of two materials

L Duan, L Hu, X Guan, CH Lin, D Chu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dot (QD) solar cells, benefiting from unique quantum confinement effects and
multiple exciton generation, have attracted great research attention in the past decades …

Defect engineering of photocatalysts for solar-driven conversion of CO2 into valuable fuels

Y He, Q Lei, C Li, Y Han, Z Shi, S Feng - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Photoreduction of CO 2 into valuable fuels is a clean and sustainable way to mitigate the
energy crisis and environmental problems. Factors limiting the efficiency of CO 2 …

A Eu3+-Eu2+ ion redox shuttle imparts operational durability to Pb-I perovskite solar cells

L Wang, H Zhou, J Hu, B Huang, M Sun, B Dong… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The components with soft nature in the metal halide perovskite absorber usually generate
lead (Pb) 0 and iodine (I) 0 defects during device fabrication and operation. These defects …

Design Principles for Trap-Free CsPbX3 Nanocrystals: Enumerating and Eliminating Surface Halide Vacancies with Softer Lewis Bases

DP Nenon, K Pressler, J Kang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We introduce a general surface passivation mechanism for cesium lead halide perovskite
materials (CsPbX3, X= Cl, Br, I) that is supported by a combined experimental and …

Surface traps in colloidal quantum dots: a combined experimental and theoretical perspective

C Giansante, I Infante - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Surface traps are ubiquitous to nanoscopic semiconductor materials. Understanding their
atomistic origin and manipulating them chemically have capital importance to design defect …

On the origin of surface traps in colloidal II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals

AJ Houtepen, Z Hens, JS Owen, I Infante - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
One of the greatest challenges in the field of semiconductor nanomaterials is to make trap-
free nanocrystalline structures to attain a remarkable improvement of their optoelectronic …

Colloidal quantum dot solids for solution-processed solar cells

M Yuan, M Liu, EH Sargent - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Solution-processed photovoltaic technologies represent a promising way to reduce the cost
and increase the efficiency of solar energy harvesting. Among these, colloidal …

Colloidal quantum dots for optoelectronics

AP Litvin, IV Martynenko, F Purcell-Milton… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is focused on new concepts and recent progress in the development of three
major quantum dot (QD) based optoelectronic devices: photovoltaic cells, photodetectors …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of water on colloidal quantum dot solar cells

G Shi, H Wang, Y Zhang, C Cheng, T Zhai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Almost all surfaces sensitive to the ambient environment are covered by water, whereas the
impacts of water on surface-dominated colloidal quantum dot (CQD) semiconductor …

Electron‐Transport Layers Employing Strongly Bound Ligands Enhance Stability in Colloidal Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors

Y Zhang, M Vafaie, J Xu, JM Pina, P Xia… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solution‐processed photodetectors based on colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are promising
candidates for short‐wavelength infrared light sensing applications. Present‐day CQD …