Aqueous based semiconductor nanocrystals

L **g, SV Kershaw, Y Li, X Huang, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

Luminescence, plasmonic, and magnetic properties of doped semiconductor nanocrystals

N Pradhan, S Das Adhikari, A Nag… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introducing a few atoms of impurities or dopants in semiconductor nanocrystals can
drastically alter the existing properties or even introduce new properties. For example, mid …

Redox reactions at colloidal semiconductor nanocrystal surfaces

KV Prather, JT Stoffel, EY Tsui - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
The adaptation of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) in applications like displays,
photovoltaics, and photocatalysis relies primarily on the core electronic structure of NC …

Superposition principle in Auger recombination of charged and neutral multicarrier states in semiconductor quantum dots

K Wu, J Lim, VI Klimov - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Application of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) in optical and optoelectronic
devices is often complicated by unintentional generation of extra charges, which opens fast …

Density of trap states and Auger-mediated electron trap** in CdTe quantum-dot solids

SC Boehme, JM Azpiroz, YV Aulin, FC Grozema… - Nano Letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Charge trap** is an ubiquitous process in colloidal quantum-dot solids and a major
limitation to the efficiency of quantum dot based devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and …

Dynamic Formation of Metal-Based Traps in Photoexcited Colloidal Quantum Dots and Their Relevance for Photoluminescence

I Du Fossé, SC Boehme, I Infante… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Trap states play a crucial role in the design of colloidal quantum dot (QD)-based
technologies. The presence of these in-gap states can either significantly limit the efficiency …

Surface State‐Mediated Charge Transfer of Cs2SnI6 and Its Application in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

HO Shin, BM Kim, T Jang, KM Kim… - Advanced energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A vacancy‐ordered double perovskite, Cs2SnI6, has emerged as a promising lead‐free
perovskite in the optoelectronic field. However, the charge transfer kinetics mediated by its …

Red‐tuned Mn d–d emission in doped semiconductor nanocrystals

N Pradhan - ChemPhysChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐emitting Mn‐doped semiconductor nanocrystals have been extensively studied for the
last three decades for their intense and stable Mn d–d emission. In principle, this emission …

Electron-promoted X-type ligand displacement at CdSe quantum dot surfaces

CL Hartley, JL Dempsey - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Quantum dot surfaces are redox active and are known to influence the electronic properties
of nanocrystals, yet the molecular-level changes in surface chemistry that occur upon …

Selenium redox reactivity on colloidal CdSe quantum dot surfaces

EY Tsui, KH Hartstein, DR Gamelin - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Understanding the structural and compositional origins of midgap states in semiconductor
nanocrystals is a longstanding challenge in nanoscience. Here, we report a broad variety of …