BACKGROUND Semiconductor materials feature optical and electronic properties that can
be engineered through their composition and crystal structure. The use of semiconductors …

Energy and electron transfer processes in light harvesting assemblies dictate the outcome of
the overall light energy conversion process. Halide perovskite nanocrystals such as …

Having gained prominence in the design of high-efficiency solar cells, metal halide
perovskites have taken center stage in photocatalysis. Despite the demonstrations of …

The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

As one of the most critical approaches to resolve the energy crisis and environmental
concerns, carbon dioxide (CO2) photoreduction into value‐added chemicals and solar fuels …

InP quantum dots (QDs) are typical III–V group semiconductor nanocrystals that feature
large excitonic Bohr radius and high carrier mobility. The merits of InP QDs include large …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), as a newfashioned light-absorbing material with great
promise in artificial photosystems, generally exhibit attractive photoactivity and selectivity in …

Sunlight is our most abundant, clean and inexhaustible energy source. However, its diffuse
and intermittent nature makes it difficult to use directly, suggesting that we should instead …

Facile activation and conversion of small molecules (eg, H2O, CO2, N2, CH4, and C6H6)
into solar fuels or value-added chemicals under mild conditions is an attractive pathway in …

Conspectus The optical and electronic properties of metal halide perovskites provide insight
into the operation of solar cells as well as their long-term operational stability. Halide …