Semiconducting quantum dots for artificial photosynthesis

XB Li, CH Tung, LZ Wu - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
Sunlight is our most abundant, clean and inexhaustible energy source. However, its diffuse
and intermittent nature makes it difficult to use directly, suggesting that we should instead …

Recent progress of quantum dot infrared photodetectors

Z Wang, Y Gu, X Li, Y Liu, F Liu… - Advanced Optical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) technology plays a significant role in many application scenarios, such as
satellite remote sensing, environmental monitoring, biomedical engineering, imaging …

Near field scattering optical model-based catalyst design for artificial photoredox transformation

MY Qi, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
The sun offers a clean and renewable energy cornucopia, whereas how to utilize this
inexhaustible yet decentralized energy with the assistance of appropriate media is an …

Designing the surfaces of semiconductor quantum dots for colloidal photocatalysis

EA Weiss - ACS Energy Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
This Perspective reviews strategies for tuning the surface chemistry of colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots, QDs) to function as photoredox catalysts or …

Broadband photocatalysts enabled by 0D/2D heterojunctions of near-infrared quantum dots/graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets

Q Zhang, F Yang, S Zhou, N Bao, Z Xu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
A heterojunction made of 0D near-infrared (NIR)-responsive PbS@ CdS@ ZnS core@
shell@ shell quantum dots (PCZ QDs) and 2D graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) …

Quantum Dot Assembly for Light‐Driven Multielectron Redox Reactions, such as Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction

XB Li, CH Tung, LZ Wu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐driven multielectron redox reactions (eg, hydrogen (H2) evolution, CO2 reduction)
have recently appeared at the front of solar‐to‐fuel conversion. In this Minireview, we focus …

Reversible ligand detachment from CdSe quantum dots following photoexcitation

MKN Grega, J Gan, M Noman… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The nanocrystal–ligand boundaries of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) mediate charge and
energy transfer processes that underpin photochemical and photocatalytic transformations …

Ligand-controlled electrochemiluminescence generation from CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell quantum dots

H Sun, Z Cao, H Qin, X Peng, B Su - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell quantum dots (QDs) with strong exciton
confinement have manifested themselves as competitive light-emitting materials in …

A near‐infrared miniature quantum dot spectrometer

H Li, L Bian, K Gu, H Fu, G Yang… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The acquisition of near‐infrared (NIR) spectral information is most notably accessed in the
scientific analysis and industrial technology. With the development of artificial intelligence …

Semiconductor nanocrystal photocatalysis for the production of solar fuels

R Burke, KL Bren, TD Krauss - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Colloidal semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) are powerful elements of a photocatalytic
system useful for enabling a variety of chemical transformations owing to their strong light …