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 …

Applications of photon upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) in biological imaging and solar
energy conversion demand that their anti-Stokes luminescence be both tunable and …

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 …

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals that exhibit exceptional properties not
found in their bulk counterparts. They have attracted extensive academic and industrial …

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 …

Intermediate band gap semiconductors are an underexplored class of materials with unique
optical properties of interest for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. Herein, we …

Manipulation of material composition can often induce unprecedented optoelectronic
changes in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). Here, we demonstrate that bornite-phase …

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 …

The ternary chalcogenide Cu3VSe4 (CVSe) with sulvanite structure has been theoretically
predicted to be a promising candidate for photovoltaic applications due to its suitable …

Defects at the surface of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) give rise to electronic states
within the gap, which are detrimental to charge transport properties of QD devices. We …