The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

The field of nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) is already more than 30 years old, and yet
continuing interest in these structures is driven by both the fascinating physics emerging …

Multiple exciton generation, the creation of two electron-hole pairs from one high-energy
photon, is well established in bulk semiconductors, but assessments of the efficiency of this …

Nanochemistry and nanomaterials provide numerous opportunities for a new generation of
photovoltaics with high solar energy conversion efficiencies at low fabrication cost. Quantum …

Multiple exciton generation in quantum dots (QDs) has been intensively studied as a way to
enhance solar energy conversion by utilizing the excess energy in the absorbed photons …

Multiple exciton generation (MEG) in quantum dots (QDs) and impact ionization (II) in bulk
semiconductors are processes that describe producing more than one electron− hole pair …

Third-generation solar cells are designed to achieve high power-conversion efficiency while
being low-cost to produce. These solar cells have the ability to surpass the Shockley …

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

Multiple exciton generation (MEG) or carrier multiplication, a process that spawns two or
more electron–hole pairs from an absorbed high-energy photon (larger than two times …

Nanomaterials and nanostructures hold promising potency to enhance the performance of
solar cells by improving both light trapping and photo-carrier collection. Meanwhile these …