Plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping in organic photovoltaic devices

CH Chou, FC Chen - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, we have witnessed rapid advances in the development of organic
photovoltaic devices (OPVs). At present, the highest level of efficiency has surpassed 10 …

Metal/semiconductor interfaces in nanoscale objects: synthesis, emerging properties and applications of hybrid nanostructures

M Volokh, T Mokari - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid nanostructures, composed of multi-component crystals of various shapes, sizes and
compositions are much sought-after functional materials. Pairing the ability to tune each …

Size-dependent spectroscopic insight into the steady-state and time-resolved optical properties of ZnO photocatalysts

A Falamas, I Marica, A Popa, D Toloman… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a spectroscopic insight into the structural and optical properties of
ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) applied for water depollution using the photocatalytic process …

Synergy between AgInS2 quantum dots and ZnO nanopyramids for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and phenol degradation

MCN Martínez, B Bajorowicz, T Klimczuk, A Żak… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the unique properties of single semiconductor nanomaterials and quantum dots,
poor photocatalytic activity has characterized them and the fabrication of nanocomposites …

Exploring complex structural evolution of graphene oxide/ZnO triangles and its impact on photoelectrochemical water splitting

S Chandrasekaran, JS Chung, EJ Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Different morphologies of ZnO (Hollow spheres and Bucky bowls) and graphene
oxide/ZnO hybrid structures (nanorod and triangle shaped) were synthesized via a facile …

Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic activity of Au–ZnO nanopyramids

OK Ranasingha, C Wang, PR Ohodnicki… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocrystalline Au–ZnO heterostructures were synthesized using a wet-chemical process
where single-crystalline ZnO grows along the [0001] direction on top of polycrystalline Au …

Hollow nickel nanocorn arrays as three-dimensional and conductive support for metal oxides to boost supercapacitive performance

D Chao, X Xia, C Zhu, J Wang, J Liu, J Lin, Z Shen… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel three-dimensional (3D) metal/metal oxide core/branch array electrode has been
fabricated as a supercapacitor electrode. Hollow Ni nanocorn arrays are constructed on Ni …

Colloidal Zn‐based Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Recent Advances and Challenges

C Li, S Zhang, Y Yang, C Wang, B Bai… - Advanced Optical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decades, benefitting from the development of synthesis methodology, Cd‐based
semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have been extensively studied and their structure …

One-pot synthesis of colloidal hybrid Au (Ag)/ZnO nanostructures with the participation of maleic acid copolymers

NA Samoilova, MA Krayukhina, AA Korlyukov… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
One-pot synthesis of colloidal Au/ZnO and Ag/ZnO nanohybrid structures was carried out.
The copolymers of maleic acid—poly (N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-alt-maleic acid), poly (ethylene …

Photocatalytic hybrid Au/ZnO nanoparticles assembled through a one-pot method

J Manna, TP Vinod, K Flomin, R Jelinek - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2015 - Elsevier
Growth of metal domains on semiconductor nanoparticles is known to enhance their
photocatalytic properties. We prepared ZnO nanoparticles decorated with metallic Au …