Intermediate band solar cells: Present and future

I Ramiro, A Martí - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the quest for high‐efficiency photovoltaics (PV), the intermediate band solar cell (IBSC)
was proposed in 1997 as an alternative to tandem solar cells. The IBSC offers 63 …

Energy transfer networks within upconverting nanoparticles are complex systems with collective, robust, and history-dependent dynamics

A Teitelboim, B Tian, DJ Garfield… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Applications of photon upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) in biological imaging and solar
energy conversion demand that their anti-Stokes luminescence be both tunable and …

Solution-processed intermediate-band solar cells with lead sulfide quantum dots and lead halide perovskites

H Hosokawa, R Tamaki, T Sawada, A Okonogi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The intermediate-band solar cell (IBSC) with quantum dots and a bulk semiconductor matrix
has potential for high power conversion efficiency, exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit …

Overview of computational simulations in quantum dots

Y Hong, Y Wu, S Wu, X Wang… - Israel Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals that exhibit exceptional properties not
found in their bulk counterparts. They have attracted extensive academic and industrial …

Synthesis and Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Intermediate Band Gap Cu3VS4 Nanocrystals

V Mantella, S Ninova, S Saris, A Loiudice… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Intermediate band gap semiconductors are an underexplored class of materials with unique
optical properties of interest for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. Herein, we …

Enhanced multiple exciton generation in PbS| CdS janus-like heterostructured nanocrystals

DM Kroupa, GF Pach, M Vörös, F Giberti… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Generating multiple excitons by a single high-energy photon is a promising third-generation
solar energy conversion strategy. We demonstrate that multiple exciton generation (MEG) in …

Optical absorbance enhancement in PbS QD/cinnamate ligand complexes

DM Kroupa, M Voros, NP Brawand… - The journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We studied the optical absorption enhancement in colloidal suspensions of PbS quantum
dots (QD) upon ligand exchange from oleate to a series of cinnamate ligands. By combining …

Iron-content-dependent, quasi-static dielectric resonances and oxidative transitions in bornite and chalcopyrite copper iron sulfide nanocrystals

S Lee, S Ghosh, CE Hoyer, H Liu, X Li… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation of material composition can often induce unprecedented optoelectronic
changes in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). Here, we demonstrate that bornite-phase …

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of Cu3VSe4 nanocrystals

M Liu, CY Lai, GS Selopal, DR Radu - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The ternary chalcogenide Cu3VSe4 (CVSe) with sulvanite structure has been theoretically
predicted to be a promising candidate for photovoltaic applications due to its suitable …

Colloidal synthesis of Cu–M–S (M= V, Cr, Mn) nanocrystals by tuning the copper precursor reactivity

V Mantella, SB Varandili, JR Pankhurst… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
New ternary and higher order inorganic materials are needed for a large variety of
applications, yet their synthesis still represents a chemistry challenge. Herein, we focus on …