Hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites have recently emerged as exciting new
light-harvesting and charge-transporting materials for efficient photovoltaic devices. Yet …

The invention and development of the laser have revolutionized science, technology, and
industry. Metal halide perovskites are an emerging class of semiconductors holding …

Solar cells based on the organic–inorganic tri-halide perovskite family of materials have
shown significant progress recently, offering the prospect of low-cost solar energy from …

Excitonic effects mediated by Coulomb interactions between photogenerated electrons and
holes play crucial roles in photoinduced processes of semiconductors. In terms of …

Photocatalytic hydrogen production is a prospective technology to solve the energy crisis
and environmental problems. However, it is still challenging to produce hydrogen from …

Hybrid organic–inorganic semiconductors feature complex lattice dynamics due to the ionic
character of the crystal and the softness arising from non-covalent bonds between molecular …

Low-dimensional semiconductors provide a marvelous platform for pursuing versatile
photocatalytic solar energy conversion. Compared with the bulk counterparts, low …

The trivalent lanthanides have been broadly utilized as emitting centers in persistent
luminescence (PersL) materials due to their wide emitting spectral range, which thus attract …

The Janus structures of transition metal dichalcogenides with an intrinsic dipole have been
proposed as efficient photocatalysts for water splitting, and successfully synthesized …

Two-dimensional (2D) layered photocatalysts with highly ordered out-of-plane symmetry
usually display robust excitonic effects, thus being ineffective in driving catalytic reactions …