The emergence of semiconductor nanocrystals as the building blocks of nanotechnology
has opened up new ways to utilize them in next generation solar cells. This paper focuses …

Nanocrystalline wide band gap semiconductors photosensitized with semiconductor
nanocrystal quantum dots have recently attracted increasing attention as promising …

The demand for clean energy will require the design of nanostructure-based light-harvesting
assemblies for the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy (solar fuels) and …

The recent surge in the utilization of semiconductor nanostructures for solar energy
conversion has led to the development of high-efficiency solar cells. Some of these recent …

In this article, the various methods used to prepare semiconductor nanocrystals with
quantum confined properties including colloidal quantum dot synthesis, successive ionic …

Different-sized CdSe quantum dots have been assembled on TiO2 films composed of
particle and nanotube morphologies using a bifunctional linker molecule. Upon band-gap …

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By using bifunctional surface modifiers (SH− R− COOH), CdSe quantum dots (QDs) have
been assembled onto mesoscopic TiO2 films. Upon visible light excitation, CdSe QDs inject …

One of the foremost challenges in solar cells industry is reducing the cost/watt of delivered
solar electricity. In conventional microstructures (bulk) singlejunction solar cells, photons …

Semiconductor nanostructures are attractive for designing low-cost solar cells with tunable
photoresponse. The recent advances in size-and shape-selective synthesis have enabled …