Nowadays, the extensively used lead sulfide (PbS) quantum dot (QD) hole transport layer
(HTL) relies on layer‐by‐layer method to replace long chain oleic acid (OA) ligands with …

Abstract Films of SiGe nanocrystals (NCs) in oxide have the advantage of tuning the energy
band gap by adjusting SiGe NCs composition and size. In this study, SiGe-SiO2 amorphous …

Despite the vast knowledge accumulated on silicon, germanium, and their alloys, these
materials still demand research, eminently in view of the improvement of knowledge on …

In this paper the electronic and hole states in three regimes of size quantization in spherical
quantum dot with modified Pöschl–Teller potential made of GaAs are studied. Energy …

Unlike conventional opaque solar cells, semi‐transparent solar cells enable simultaneous
electricity generation and light transmission. Along with solar energy harvesting, the offered …

Quantum confinement in closely packed arrays of Ge quantum dots (QDs) was studied for
energy applications. In this work, we report an efficient tuning mechanism of the light …

Subwavelength optical nanocavity using semiconductor nanostructures is a key
nanophotonic approach for various optoelectronic devices. In such low-dimensional …

Germanium quantum dots (QDs) embedded in SiO 2 or in Si 3 N 4 have been studied for
light harvesting purposes. SiGeO or SiGeN thin films, produced by plasma enhanced …

Experimental results obtained previously for the photoluminescence efficiency (PL eff) of Ge
quantum dots (QDs) are theoretically studied. A log-log plot of PL eff versus QD diameter (D) …

We study amorphous Ge quantum dots embedded in a crystalline Si matrix through structure
modeling and simulation using ab initio density functional theory including spin–orbit …