Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) based optoelectronic devices have attracted great interest in
recent years due to their facile solution-processing and quantum-size-effect-enabled …

Solution-processed photovoltaic technologies represent a promising way to reduce the cost
and increase the efficiency of solar energy harvesting. Among these, colloidal …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have been drawing great attention recently as a
material for solar energy conversion due to their versatile optical and electrical properties …

The quantum dot, one of the central materials in nanoscience, is a semiconductor crystal
with a physical size on the nanometer length scale. It is often called an “artificial atom” …

Quantum dots (QDs) are promising candidates for solution-processed thin-film
optoelectronic devices. Both the diffusion length and the mobility of photoexcited charge …

Deployed solar cells today are predominantly first-generation devices based on silicon.
Single-crystal materials offer the advantage of high efficiency, but costs associated with …

To date, the development of clean and sustainable energy sources has been a central focal
point of research, supporting the worldwide rising demand for energy along with associated …

Carrier multiplication, the generation of multiple electron–hole pairs by a single photon, is of
great interest for solar cells as it may enhance their photocurrent. This process has been …

We have been investigating the synthesis of quantum dots of CdSe, CuInS2, and CuInSe2
for use in an intermediate bandgap solar cell. We have prepared a variety of quantum dots …

The properties of colloidal quantum-confined semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), including
zero-dimensional (0D) quantum dots, 1D nanorods, 2D nanoplatelets, and their …