The current highest power-conversion efficiencies found for different types of solar cell
devices range from 20% to 46%, depending on the nature of the photovoltaic materials used …

Quantum dots/graphene (QDs/GR) composite materials show a distinct synergistic effect
between the QDs and graphene, which has aroused vast attention toward their unique …

ZnO is a widely used metal-oxide semiconductor for photovoltaic application. In solar cell
heterostructures they not only serve as a charge selective contact, but also act as electron …

Upconversion (UC) technology harvests near infrared (NIR) radiation from the sun and has
been widely used to enhance the solar cell's efficiency in the past few years. One key …

Recently, hybrid nanocomposites consisting of graphene/nanomaterial heterostructures
have emerged as promising candidates for the fabrication of optoelectronic devices. In this …

To get enhanced long-wavelength absorption, an impurity photovoltaic (IPV) mechanism
was implemented within a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) at the rear of a solar cell. The …

Hybrid nanostructures combining semiconductor quantum dots and graphene are attracting
increasing attention because of their optoelectronic properties promising for photovoltaic …

Citric acid capped CdS quantum dots (CA-CdS QDs), a new assembled fluorescent probe
for copper ions (Cu2+), was synthesized successfully by a simple hydrothermal method. In …

Graphene nanosheets (GNS) are synthesized from untreated natural graphite (NG) for use
as electroactive materials in Li-ion batteries (LIBs), which avoids the pollution-generating …

Quantum dot–graphene hybrid materials have attracted significant interest due to the unique
synergy of the optical properties of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) and the transport properties …