Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures

KK Paul, JH Kim, YH Lee - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Successfully designing an ideal solar cell requires an understanding of the fundamental
physics of photoexcited hot carriers (HCs) and the underlying mechanism of unique …

Core/shell quantum dots solar cells

GS Selopal, H Zhao, ZM Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanocrystals, the so‐called quantum dots (QDs), exhibit versatile optical and
electrical properties. However, QDs possess high density of surface defects/traps due to the …

Electronic processes within quantum dot-molecule complexes

RD Harris, S Bettis Homan, M Kodaimati, C He… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the colloidal quantum dot (QD) and specifically the interaction of
the QD with proximate molecules. It covers various functions of these molecules, including (i) …

Semiconductor quantum dots and quantum dot arrays and applications of multiple exciton generation to third-generation photovoltaic solar cells

AJ Nozik, MC Beard, JM Luther, M Law… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Semiconductors show dramatic quantization effects when charge carriers (electrons and
holes) are confined by potential barriers to small regions of space where the dimensions of …

Quantum confined colloidal nanorod heterostructures for solar-to-fuel conversion

K Wu, T Lian - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy conversion, particularly solar-driven chemical fuel formation, has been
intensely studied in the past decades as a potential approach for renewable energy …

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 …

Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells—perspective and recent developments: a review of Cd chalcogenide quantum dots as sensitizers

HK Jun, MA Careem, AK Arof - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The emergence of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) has provided an alternative
way to harvest sunlight for energy conversion. Among all the QDSSCs, cadmium …

Nanochemistry and nanomaterials for photovoltaics

G Chen, J Seo, C Yang, PN Prasad - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanochemistry and nanomaterials provide numerous opportunities for a new generation of
photovoltaics with high solar energy conversion efficiencies at low fabrication cost. Quantum …

Tuning the excitonic and plasmonic properties of copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

I Kriegel, C Jiang, J Rodríguez-Fernández… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The optical properties of stoichiometric copper chalcogenide nanocrystals (NCs) are
characterized by strong interband transitions in the blue part of the spectral range and a …

Third generation photovoltaics based on multiple exciton generation in quantum confined semiconductors

MC Beard, JM Luther, OE Semonin… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Improving the primary photoconversion process in a photovoltaiccell by utilizing the excess
energy that is otherwise lost as heat can lead to an increase in the overall power conversion …