PbS nanostructures: A review of recent advances

Z Mamiyev, NO Balayeva - Materials Today Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary motivation behind efforts to understand the properties of lead sulfide (PbS) is its
technological importance as the foundation of modern semiconductor optoelectronics. PbS …

Organic-quantum dot hybrid interfaces and their role in photon fission/fusion applications

V Gray, JR Allardice, Z Zhang, A Rao - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Solar energy is rapidly becoming a more important aspect in today's energy systems, and
solar cells are playing a major role in this shift. However, to further boost the efficiency of …

Molecular-level insight into semiconductor nanocrystal surfaces

CL Hartley, ML Kessler… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor nanocrystals exhibit attractive photophysical properties for use in a variety of
applications. Advancing the efficiency of nanocrystal-based devices requires a deep …

Influence of ligand structure on excited state surface chemistry of lead sulfide quantum dots

ER Kennehan, KT Munson, C Grieco… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ligand-nanocrystal boundaries of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) mediate the primary
energy and electron transfer processes that underpin photochemical and photocatalytic …

Colloidal-ALD-grown hybrid shells nucleate via a ligand–precursor complex

O Segura Lecina, MA Hope, A Venkatesh… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Colloidal atomic layer deposition (c-ALD) enables the growth of hybrid organic–inorganic
oxide shells with tunable thickness at the nanometer scale around ligand-functionalized …

Controlling Electronic Coupling of Acene Chromophores on Quantum Dot Surfaces through Variable-Concentration Ligand Exchange

MS Martinez, MA Nolen, NF Pompetti, LJ Richter… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the binding of functional organic molecules on quantum dot (QD) surfaces and
the resulting ligand/QD interfacial structure determines the resulting organic–inorganic …

Alkaline-earth chalcogenide nanocrystals: solution-phase synthesis, surface Chemistry, and stability

AN Roth, Y Chen, MAS Adamson, E Gi, M Wagner… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing demand for effective energy conversion materials and devices has renewed
interest in semiconductors comprised of earth-abundant and biocompatible elements …

Quantum dot materials for mid-IR photodetection: Opinion

H Song, Y Tischenko, D Wasserman… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this opinion we trace the evolution of the quantum dot mid-infrared photodetector, from
epitaxially-grown self-assembled quantum dot detectors, to a new generation of colloidal …

Multiscale isomerization of magic-sized inorganic clusters chemically driven by atomic-bond exchanges

D Shim, J Lee, J Kang - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
The recent discovery of chemically reversible isomerization of CdS clusters (Williamson et
al. Science 2019, 363, 731) shows that the structural transformation of such inorganic …

Defect Tolerance Mechanism Revealed! Influence of Polaron Occupied Surface Trap States on CsPbBr3 Nanocrystal Photoluminescence: Ab Initio Excited-State …

A Forde, D Kilin - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lead halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals (NCs) show exceptional defect tolerance which
has been attributed to their unique electronic structure, where defect energy levels are not …