Materials for photovoltaics: State of art and recent developments

JA Luceño-Sánchez, AM Díez-Pascual… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, photovoltaic cell technology has grown extraordinarily as a sustainable
source of energy, as a consequence of the increasing concern over the impact of fossil fuel …

Colloidal quantum dot solar cells

GH Carey, AL Abdelhady, Z Ning, SM Thon… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), nanometer-scale semiconductor crystals capped with
surfactant molecules and dispersed in solution, have provided a powerful platform for the …

Quantum dots for photovoltaics: a tale of two materials

L Duan, L Hu, X Guan, CH Lin, D Chu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dot (QD) solar cells, benefiting from unique quantum confinement effects and
multiple exciton generation, have attracted great research attention in the past decades …

Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies

S Almosni, A Delamarre, Z Jehl, D Suchet… - … and Technology of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic generation has stepped up within the last decade from outsider status to one of
the important contributors of the ongoing energy transition, with about 1.7% of world …

Materials interface engineering for solution-processed photovoltaics

M Graetzel, RAJ Janssen, DB Mitzi, EH Sargent - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Advances in solar photovoltaics are urgently needed to increase the performance and
reduce the cost of harvesting solar power. Solution-processed photovoltaics are cost …

A 2D titanium carbide MXene flexible electrode for high‐efficiency light‐emitting diodes

S Ahn, TH Han, K Maleski, J Song, YH Kim… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although several transparent conducting materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene,
and conducting polymers have been intensively explored as flexible electrodes in …

25th anniversary article: colloidal quantum dot materials and devices: a quarter‐century of advances

JY Kim, O Voznyy, D Zhitomirsky… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) optoelectronics offers a compelling combination of low‐cost,
large‐area solution processing, and spectral tunability through the quantum size effect …

The architecture of colloidal quantum dot solar cells: materials to devices

IJ Kramer, EH Sargent - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are nanometer-sized particles of semiconductor dispersed
in a solvent with the aid of a stabilizing ligand. CQDs' physical dimensions and shape dictate …

Cascade surface modification of colloidal quantum dot inks enables efficient bulk homojunction photovoltaics

MJ Choi, FP García de Arquer, AH Proppe… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Control over carrier type and doping levels in semiconductor materials is key for
optoelectronic applications. In colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), these properties can be tuned …

Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells—perspective and recent developments: a review of Cd chalcogenide quantum dots as sensitizers

HK Jun, MA Careem, AK Arof - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The emergence of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) has provided an alternative
way to harvest sunlight for energy conversion. Among all the QDSSCs, cadmium …