Recent advances in germanium nanocrystals: Synthesis, optical properties and applications

D Carolan - Progress in materials science, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Germanium nanocrystals (Ge NCs) have recently attracted renewed scientific
interest as environmentally friendlier alternatives to classical II–VI and IV–VI QDs containing …

Synthesis and optical properties of lead-free cesium tin halide perovskite quantum rods with high-performance solar cell application

LJ Chen, CR Lee, YJ Chuang, ZH Wu… - The journal of physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Herein, the fabrication of a lead-free cesium tin halide perovskite produced via a simple
solvothermal process is reported for the first time. The resulting CsSnX3 (X= Cl, Br, and I) …

Synthesis of Lead‐free CsGeI3 Perovskite Colloidal Nanocrystals and Electron Beam‐induced Transformations

X Wu, W Song, Q Li, X Zhao, D He… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) of metal halide perovskite have recently aroused great
research interest, due to their remarkable optical and electronic properties. We report a …

Progress on germanium–tin nanoscale alloys

J Doherty, S Biswas, E Galluccio… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Group IV alloys have attracted interest in the drive to create Si compatible, direct band gap
materials for implementation in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and …

Wavelength-tunable and highly stable perovskite-quantum-dot-doped lasers with liquid crystal lasing cavities

LJ Chen, JH Dai, JD Lin, TS Mo, HP Lin… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study applies a low-cost solvothermal method to synthesize all-inorganic (lead-free
cesium tin halide) perovskite quantum dots (AIPQDs) and to fabricate AIPQD-doped lasers …

Ge 1− x Sn x alloy quantum dots with composition-tunable energy gaps and near-infrared photoluminescence

V Tallapally, TA Nakagawara, DO Demchenko… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Low-cost, less-toxic, and abundantly-produced Ge1− xSnx alloys are an interesting class of
narrow energy-gap semiconductors that received noteworthy interest in optical technologies …

Multivariate synthesis of tin phosphide nanoparticles: temperature, time, and ligand control of size, shape, and crystal structure

V Tallapally, RJA Esteves, L Nahar… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Tin phosphides make up a class of materials that have received a noteworthy amount of
interest in photocatalysis, charge storage, and thermoelectric devices. Dual stable oxidation …

GeSn/SiO2 Multilayers by Magnetron Sputtering Deposition for Short-Wave Infrared Photonics

A Slav, I Dascalescu, AM Lepadatu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of short-wave infrared (SWIR) photonics based on GeSn alloys is of high
technological interest for many application fields, such as the Internet of things or pollution …

Metastable group IV allotropes and solid solutions: Nanoparticles and nanowires

S Barth, MS Seifner, S Maldonado - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past decades, group IV nanowires and nanoparticles have been the subject of
extensive research. Beside tremendous progress in morphological control and integration in …

SnxGe1–x Alloy Nanocrystals: A First Step toward Solution-Processed Group IV Photovoltaics

K Ramasamy, PG Kotula, AF Fidler… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nontoxic, sustainable, and cost-effective, Group IV materials are attractive for a broad range
of electronic and optoelectronic applications, although the indirect principal band gaps of …