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 …

Eco‐friendly colloidal quantum dot‐based luminescent solar concentrators

Y You, X Tong, W Wang, J Sun, P Yu, H Ji… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have attracted significant attention as promising
solar energy conversion devices for building integrated photovoltaic (PV) systems due to …

Highly efficient luminescent solar concentrators based on earth-abundant indirect-bandgap silicon quantum dots

F Meinardi, S Ehrenberg, L Dhamo, F Carulli… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Building-integrated photovoltaics is gaining consensus as a renewable energy technology
for producing electricity at the point of use. Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) could …

Silicon quantum dots for biological applications

S Chinnathambi, S Chen, S Ganesan… - Advanced healthcare …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanoparticles (or quantum dots, QDs) exhibit unique optical and electronic
properties such as size‐controlled fluorescence, high quantum yields, and stability against …

Surface-modified silicon nanoparticles with ultrabright photoluminescence and single-exponential decay for nanoscale fluorescence lifetime imaging of temperature

Q Li, Y He, J Chang, L Wang, H Chen… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this Communication, we report fabrication of ultrabright water-dispersible silicon
nanoparticles (SiNPs) with quantum yields (QYs) up to 75% through a novelly designed …

Synthesis, properties, and applications of silicon nanocrystals

L Mangolini - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon nanocrystals have been widely investigated for several years because of their many
interesting properties and their potential use in several applications. This field has grown …

Bright silicon nanocrystals from a liquid precursor: Quasi-direct recombination with high quantum yield

TA Pringle, KI Hunter, A Brumberg, KJ Anderson… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) with bright bandgap photoluminescence (PL) are of current
interest for a range of potential applications, from solar windows to biomedical contrast …

Photoluminescent Si/SiO2 Core/Shell Quantum Dots Prepared by High-Pressure Water Vapor Annealing for Solar Concentrators, Light-Emitting Devices, and …

KQ Loh, HP Andaraarachchi, VE Ferry… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As non-toxic, elementally abundant, and low-cost luminophores, silicon quantum dots (Si
QDs) suit a wide variety of applications, from luminescent devices, such as solar …

In‐Flight Synthesis of Core–Shell Mg/Si–SiOx Particles with Greatly Reduced Ignition Temperature

B Wagner, P Ghildiyal, P Biswas… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnesium is a promising candidate as a solid fuel for energetic applications, however, the
diffusion‐controlled oxidation mechanism impedes its reaction with an oxidizer, often …

Silicon quantum dot–poly (methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites with reduced light scattering for luminescent solar concentrators

SKE Hill, R Connell, C Peterson, J Hollinger… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Silicon quantum dots with indirect bandgap photoluminescence are promising luminophores
for large-area luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). However, if commercially viable …