Aqueous based semiconductor nanocrystals

L **g, SV Kershaw, Y Li, X Huang, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

Recent advances in quantum dot surface chemistry

DA Hines, PV Kamat - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2014 - ACS Publications
Quantum dot (QD) surface chemistry is an emerging field in semiconductor nanocrystal
related research. Along with size manipulation, the careful control of QD surface chemistry …

Quantum dot solar cells. Semiconductor nanocrystals as light harvesters

PV Kamat - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008 - ACS Publications
The emergence of semiconductor nanocrystals as the building blocks of nanotechnology
has opened up new ways to utilize them in next generation solar cells. This paper focuses …

Quantum dot sensitized solar cells. A tale of two semiconductor nanocrystals: CdSe and CdTe

JH Bang, PV Kamat - ACS nano, 2009 - ACS Publications
CdSe and CdTe nanocrystals are linked to nanostructured TiO2 films using 3-
mercaptopropionic acid as a linker molecule for establishing the mechanistic aspects of …

Monitoring of human populations for early markers of cadmium toxicity: a review

BA Fowler - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
Exposure of human populations to cadmium (Cd) from air, food and water may produce
effects in organs such as the kidneys, liver, lungs, cardiovascular, immune and reproductive …

CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells. Shuttling electrons through stacked carbon nanocups

B Farrow, PV Kamat - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 - ACS Publications
The charge separation between excited CdSe semiconductor quantum dots and stacked-
cup carbon nanotubes (SCCNTs) has been successfully tapped to generate photocurrent in …

Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity in Anatase/TiO2(B) Core−Shell Nanofiber

W Li, C Liu, Y Zhou, Y Bai, X Feng, Z Yang… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A bicrystalline titanium dioxide nanofiber with enhanced photocatalytic activity was
synthesized from potassium titanate K2Ti2O5 via ion exchange and calcination. The …

Graphene-based multilayers: Critical evaluation of materials assembly techniques

M Yang, Y Hou, NA Kotov - Nano Today, 2012 - Elsevier
Utilization of unique properties of nanoscale graphene in macroscale materials requires a
thoughtful selection of processing method (s). Here we review different materials assembly …

Charge separation in type II tunneling multilayered structures of CdTe and CdSe nanocrystals directly proven by surface photovoltage spectroscopy

D Gross, I Mora-Sero, T Dittrich, A Belaidi… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Charge separation and diffusion in type II multilayered structures of CdTe and CdSe
nanocrystals with a polymer spacer are unambiguously proven by surface photovoltage …

Ultrafast Charge Carrier Relaxation and Charge Transfer Dynamics of CdTe/CdS Core− Shell Quantum Dots as Studied by Femtosecond Transient Absorption …

S Rawalekar, S Kaniyankandy, S Verma… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We are reporting ultrafast charge carrier and charge transfer dynamics of the CdTe quantum
dot (QD) and type II CdTe/CdS core− shell QD materials with different shell (CdS) …