A review on the visible light active titanium dioxide photocatalysts for environmental applications

M Pelaez, NT Nolan, SC Pillai, MK Seery… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2012 - Elsevier
Fujishima and Honda (1972) demonstrated the potential of titanium dioxide (TiO2)
semiconductor materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in a photo-electrochemical …

Beyond photovoltaics: semiconductor nanoarchitectures for liquid-junction solar cells

PV Kamat, K Tvrdy, DR Baker, EJ Radich - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The demand for clean energy technologies has spurred academic interest in new and
efficient ways to capture and store sunlight. 1-6 Concerted efforts are now being directed …

Photoinduced electron transfer from semiconductor quantum dots to metal oxide nanoparticles

K Tvrdy, PA Frantsuzov, PV Kamat - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011 - pnas.org
Quantum dot-metal oxide junctions are an integral part of next-generation solar cells, light
emitting diodes, and nanostructured electronic arrays. Here we present a comprehensive …

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 …

Cu2S Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite for High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Overcoming the Redox Limitations of S2/Sn2– at the Counter …

EJ Radich, R Dwyer, PV Kamat - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Polysulfide electrolyte that is employed as a redox electrolyte in quantum dot sensitized
solar cells provides stability to the cadmium chalcogenide photoanode but introduces …

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 …

Stability of quantum dot solar cells: a matter of (life) time

M Albaladejo‐Siguan, EC Baird… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal quantum dot solar cells (QDSCs) are promising candidates amongst third
generation photovoltaics due to their bandgap tunability, facile low‐temperature ink …

Colloidal quantum dot solar cells

S Emin, SP Singh, L Han, N Satoh, A Islam - Solar Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years colloidal quantum dots solar cells have been the subject of extensive
research. A promising alternative to existing silicon solar cells, quantum dot solar cells are …

Photodriven charge separation dynamics in CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dot/cobaloxime hybrid for efficient hydrogen production

J Huang, KL Mulfort, P Du, LX Chen - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Photodriven charge-transfer dynamics and catalytic properties have been investigated for a
hybrid system containing CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) and surface-bound …

Understanding the Role of the Sulfide Redox Couple (S2–/Sn2–) in Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

V Chakrapani, D Baker, PV Kamat - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The presence of sulfide/polysulfide redox couple is crucial in achieving stability of metal
chalcogenide (eg, CdS and CdSe)-based quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSC) …