Nanochemistry and nanomaterials for photovoltaics

G Chen, J Seo, C Yang, PN Prasad - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanochemistry and nanomaterials provide numerous opportunities for a new generation of
photovoltaics with high solar energy conversion efficiencies at low fabrication cost. Quantum …

Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells—perspective and recent developments: a review of Cd chalcogenide quantum dots as sensitizers

HK Jun, MA Careem, AK Arof - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The emergence of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) has provided an alternative
way to harvest sunlight for energy conversion. Among all the QDSSCs, cadmium …

InP-Quantum Dot Surface-Modified TiO2 Catalysts for Sustainable Photochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

B Chon, S Choi, Y Seo, HS Lee, CH Kim… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, an InP-cored quantum dot (InP-QD) material was prepared and physically
immobilized on TiO2 particles functionalized with an archetypical reduction catalyst,(4, 4-Y2 …

Core/shell colloidal quantum dot exciplex states for the development of highly efficient quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells

J Wang, I Mora-Seró, Z Pan, K Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Searching suitable panchromatic QD sensitizers for expanding the light-harvesting range,
accelerating charge separation, and retarding charge recombination is an effective way to …

Recent advances in quantum dot surface chemistry

DA Hines, PV Kamat - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2014 - ACS Publications
Quantum dot (QD) surface chemistry is an emerging field in semiconductor nanocrystal
related research. Along with size manipulation, the careful control of QD surface chemistry …

Boosting the efficiency of quantum dot–sensitized solar cells over 15% through light‐harvesting enhancement

H Song, H Mu, J Yuan, B Liu, G Bai, S Lin - SusMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
How to improve the capacity of light‐harvesting is still an important point and essential
strategy for the assembling of high‐efficiency quantum dot–sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). A …

Highly efficient inverted type-I CdS/CdSe core/shell structure QD-sensitized solar cells

Z Pan, H Zhang, K Cheng, Y Hou, J Hua, X Zhong - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
Presynthesized high-quality CdS/CdSe inverted type-I core/shell structure QDs have been
deposited onto TiO2 electrodes after first coating with bifunctional linker molecules …

High-performance quantum dot-sensitized solar cells based on sensitization with CuInS2 quantum dots/CdS heterostructure

TL Li, YL Lee, H Teng - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A high-performance quantum dot-sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) is reported, which consists
of a TiO2/CuInS2-QDs/CdS/ZnS photoanode, a polysulfide electrolyte, and a CuS counter …

A comprehensive review on ZnS: From synthesis to an approach on solar cell

S Ummartyotin, Y Infahsaeng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The interest on ZnS and its modification as ZnS based composite for solar cell based
material has been exponentially increasing. During the past three decades, ZnS has been …

Panchromatic Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Metal Sulfide Quantum Dots Grown Directly on Nanostructured TiO2 Electrodes

A Braga, S Giménez, I Concina, A Vomiero… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The use of narrow band gap semiconductors such as PbS may expand the light absorption
range to the near-infrared region in quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs), increasing …