Thermalization losses limit the photon-to-power conversion of solar cells at the high-energy
side of the solar spectrum, as electrons quickly lose their energy relaxing to the band edge …

Hot electrons can dramatically improve the efficiency of solar cells and sensitize
energetically-demanding photochemical reactions. Efficient hot electron devices have been …

Solids composed of colloidal quantum dots hold promise for third generation highly efficient
thin-film photovoltaic cells. The presence of well-separated conduction electron states opens …

Hot carrier cooling processes represent one of the major efficiency losses in solar energy
conversion. Losses associated with cooling can in principle be circumvented if hot carrier …

Multiple exciton generation (MEG) in semiconducting quantum dots is a process that
produces multiple charge-carrier pairs from a single excitation. MEG is a possible route to …

Understanding and controlling charge transfer between different kinds of colloidal quantum
dots (QDs) is important for devices such as light-emitting diodes and solar cells and for …

We analyze the effect of doping on photoelectron kinetics in quantum dot [QD] structures and
find two strong effects of the built-in-dot charge. First, the built-in-dot charge enhances the …

Practical solar-to-fuel conversion applications of quantum-confined semiconductor crystals
require their integration into electrodes. We show that photogenerated electrons in quantum …

Although quantum confined nanomaterials, such as quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as a
new class of light harvesting and charge separation materials for solar energy conversion …

PbSe quantum-dot solids are of great interest for low cost and efficient photodetectors and
solar cells. We have prepared PbSe quantum-dot solids with high charge carrier mobilities …