Rapid advances in chemical synthesis and fabrication techniques have led to a boost in
manufacturing and design of novel nanostructured materials that exhibit unique and often …

The review describes recent research into the nonequilibrium phenomena in nanoscale
materials, with focus on charge separation and recombination, that form the basis for …

Metal halide perovskites exhibit enhanced photoluminescence and long-lived carriers in
experiments under strain. Using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics, we demonstrate …

Defects, such as halide interstitials, act as charge recombination centers, induce
degradation of halide perovskites, and create major obstacles to applications of these …

Advances in perovskite solar cells require development of means to control and eliminate
the nonradiative charge recombination pathway. Using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular …

Quantum confinement can dramatically slow down electron-phonon relaxation in
nanoclusters. Known as the phonon bottleneck, the effect remains elusive. Using a state-of …

Photoexcitation of the plasmon band in metallic nanoparticles adsorbed on a TiO2 surface
initiates many important photovoltaic and photocatalytic processes. The traditional view on …

Ultrafast charge recombination in hematite (α-Fe2O3) severely limits its applications in solar
energy conversion and utilization, for instance, in photoelectrochemical water splitting. We …

Long-lived coherences of excited states are notable for their positive effect on energy
conversion mechanisms and efficiencies in photosynthetic complexes. Rational engineering …

With applications in high performance electronics, photovoltaics and catalysis, two-
dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) attract strong attention. Isolated TMDs …