ZnO nanostructured materials for emerging solar cell applications

A Wibowo, MA Marsudi, MI Amal, MB Ananda… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been considered as one of the potential materials in solar cell
applications, owing to its relatively high conductivity, electron mobility, stability against photo …

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 …

Mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 Heterojunction Solar Cells

L Etgar, P Gao, Z Xue, Q Peng… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report for the first time on a hole conductor-free mesoscopic methylammonium lead
iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite/TiO2 heterojunction solar cell, produced by deposition of …

Peak external photocurrent quantum efficiency exceeding 100% via MEG in a quantum dot solar cell

OE Semonin, JM Luther, S Choi, HY Chen, J Gao… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Multiple exciton generation (MEG) is a process that can occur in semiconductor
nanocrystals, or quantum dots (QDs), whereby absorption of a photon bearing at least twice …

Energy level modification in lead sulfide quantum dot thin films through ligand exchange

PR Brown, D Kim, RR Lunt, N Zhao, MG Bawendi… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The electronic properties of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are critically dependent on both
QD size and surface chemistry. Modification of quantum confinement provides control of the …

Quantum‐dot‐sensitized solar cells

S Rühle, M Shalom, A Zaban - ChemPhysChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum‐dot‐sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) are a promising low‐cost alternative to existing
photovoltaic technologies such as crystalline silicon and thin inorganic films. The absorption …

Depleted-heterojunction colloidal quantum dot solar cells

AG Pattantyus-Abraham, IJ Kramer, AR Barkhouse… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) photovoltaics combine low-cost solution processability with
quantum size-effect tunability to match absorption with the solar spectrum. Rapid recent …

Nonthermal plasma synthesis of nanocrystals: fundamental principles, materials, and applications

UR Kortshagen, RM Sankaran, RN Pereira… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nonthermal plasmas have emerged as a viable synthesis technique for nanocrystal
materials. Inherently solvent and ligand-free, nonthermal plasmas offer the ability to …

High-resolution patterns of quantum dots formed by electrohydrodynamic jet printing for light-emitting diodes

BH Kim, MS Onses, JB Lim, S Nam, N Oh, H Kim… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Here we demonstrate materials and operating conditions that allow for high-resolution
printing of layers of quantum dots (QDs) with precise control over thickness and submicron …

The role of surface passivation for efficient and photostable PbS quantum dot solar cells

Y Cao, A Stavrinadis, T Lasanta, D So, G Konstantatos - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
For any emerging photovoltaic technology to become commercially relevant, both its power
conversion efficiency and photostability are key parameters to be fulfilled. Colloidal quantum …