Advances in carbon dots: from the perspective of traditional quantum dots

Y Liu, H Huang, W Cao, B Mao, Y Liu… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs) have been the core concept of nanoscience and nanotechnology since
their inception, and play a dominant role in the development of the nano-field. Carbon dots …

Energy transfer with semiconductor quantum dot bioconjugates: a versatile platform for biosensing, energy harvesting, and other developing applications

N Hildebrandt, CM Spillmann, WR Algar, T Pons… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of metal oxide electrodes for energy applications

ARC Bredar, AL Chown, AR Burton… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal oxides have been of great importance to the development of energy conversion and
storage technologies including heterojunction solar cells, Li-ion batteries, and …

Nanoscale strategies for light harvesting

S Kundu, A Patra - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recent advances and the current status of challenging light-harvesting nanomaterials, such
as semiconducting quantum dots (QDs), metal nanoparticles, semiconductor–metal …

Zn–Cu–In–Se quantum dot solar cells with a certified power conversion efficiency of 11.6%

J Du, Z Du, JS Hu, Z Pan, Q Shen, J Sun… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The enhancement of power conversion efficiency (PCE) and the development of toxic Cd-,
Pb-free quantum dots (QDs) are critical for the prosperity of QD-based solar cells. It is known …

Semiconductor and carbon-based fluorescent nanodots: the need for consistency

A Cayuela, ML Soriano, C Carrillo-Carrión… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent nanodots have become increasingly prevalent in a wide variety of applications
with special interest in analytical and biomedical fields. The present overview focuses on …

Solar electricity and solar fuels: status and perspectives in the context of the energy transition

N Armaroli, V Balzani - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables is already ongoing, but it will be a long
and difficult process because the energy system is a gigantic and complex machine. Key …

Advances in smart photovoltaic textiles

I Ali, MR Islam, J Yin, SJ Eichhorn, J Chen, N Karim… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Energy harvesting textiles have emerged as a promising solution to sustainably power
wearable electronics. Textile-based solar cells (SCs) interconnected with on-body …

Tunable photovoltaics: adapting solar cell technologies to versatile applications

H Meddeb, M Götz‐Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy
demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV …

Fully‐inorganic trihalide perovskite nanocrystals: A new research frontier of optoelectronic materials

X He, Y Qiu, S Yang - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
All‐inorganic trihalide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are emerging as a new class of
superstar semiconductors with excellent optoelectronic properties and great potential for a …