Ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics investigations on the excited carriers in condensed matter systems

Q Zheng, W Chu, C Zhao, L Zhang… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited charge carriers in condensed matter systems play an
important role in optoelectronics and solar energy conversion. Yet it is challenging to …

Quantum mechanical studies of large metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and clusters

A Fernando, KLDM Weerawardene… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide materials have a wide variety of applications.
For example, many metal clusters and nanoparticles are used as catalysts for reactions …

Quantum zeno effect rationalizes the phonon bottleneck in semiconductor quantum dots

SV Kilina, AJ Neukirch, BF Habenicht, DS Kilin… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Quantum confinement can dramatically slow down electron-phonon relaxation in
nanoclusters. Known as the phonon bottleneck, the effect remains elusive. Using a state-of …

Light-driven and phonon-assisted dynamics in organic and semiconductor nanostructures

S Kilina, D Kilin, S Tretiak - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Rapid advances in chemical synthesis and fabrication techniques have led to a boost in
manufacturing and design of novel nanostructured materials that exhibit unique and often …

Soft surfaces of nanomaterials enable strong phonon interactions

D Bozyigit, N Yazdani, M Yarema, O Yarema, WMM Lin… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Phonons and their interactions with other phonons, electrons or photons drive energy gain,
loss and transport in materials. Although the phonon density of states has been measured …

Surface chemistry of semiconducting quantum dots: Theoretical perspectives

SV Kilina, PK Tamukong, DS Kilin - Accounts of Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are near-ideal nanomaterials for energy
conversion and lighting technologies. However, their photophysics exhibits supreme …

Surface ligands increase photoexcitation relaxation rates in CdSe quantum dots

S Kilina, KA Velizhanin, S Ivanov, OV Prezhdo… - Acs Nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
Understanding the pathways of hot exciton relaxation in photoexcited semiconductor
nanocrystals, also called quantum dots (QDs), is of paramount importance in multiple …

Predicting energy conversion efficiency of dye solar cells from first principles

W Ma, Y Jiao, S Meng - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this work we target on accurately predicting energy conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized
solar cells (DSC) using parameter-free first principles simulations. We present a set of …

Complex plasmon-exciton dynamics revealed through quantum dot light emission in a nanocavity

SN Gupta, O Bitton, T Neuman, R Esteban… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plasmonic cavities can confine electromagnetic radiation to deep sub-wavelength regimes.
This facilitates strong coupling phenomena to be observed at the limit of individual quantum …

Dopants Control Electron–Hole Recombination at Perovskite–TiO2 Interfaces: Ab Initio Time-Domain Study

R Long, OV Prezhdo - Acs Nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
TiO2 sensitized with organohalide perovskites gives rise to solar-to-electricity conversion
efficiencies reaching close to 20%. Nonradiative electron–hole recombination across the …