Charge transfer from quantum-confined 0D, 1D, and 2D nanocrystals

Q Li, K Wu, H Zhu, Y Yang, S He, T Lian - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The properties of colloidal quantum-confined semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), including
zero-dimensional (0D) quantum dots, 1D nanorods, 2D nanoplatelets, and their …

Photoexcited carrier dynamics in colloidal quantum dot solar cells: insights into individual quantum dots, quantum dot solid films and devices

Y Zhang, G Wu, F Liu, C Ding, Z Zou… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) record of colloidal quantum dot solar cells
(QDSCs) has considerably improved from below 4% to 16.6% in the last few years …

Spectroscopic evidence for the contribution of holes to the bleach of Cd-chalcogenide quantum dots

G Grimaldi, JJ Geuchies, W Van Der Stam… - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
In transient absorption (TA) measurements on Cd-chalcogenide quantum dots (QDs), the
presence of a band-edge (BE) bleach signal is commonly attributed entirely to conduction …

On the absence of a phonon bottleneck in strongly confined CsPbBr 3 perovskite nanocrystals

Y Li, R Lai, X Luo, X Liu, T Ding, X Lu, K Wu - Chemical science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In traditional solar cells, photogenerated energetic carriers (so-called hot carriers) rapidly
relax to band edges via emission of phonons, prohibiting the extraction of their excess …

Interfacial heterojunction enables high efficient PbS quantum dot solar cells

L Zhang, Y Chen, S Cao, D Yuan, X Tang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are promising optoelectronic materials for solution‐
processed thin film optoelectronic devices. However, the large surface area with abundant …

Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics with extended density functional tight-binding: Application to nanocrystals and periodic solids

M Shakiba, E Stippell, W Li… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report a new methodology for nonadiabatic molecular dynamics calculations
within the extended tight-binding (xTB) framework. We demonstrate the applicability of the …

Fast photoelectric conversion in the near‐infrared enabled by plasmon‐induced hot‐electron transfer

Y Yu, Y Sun, Z Hu, X An, D Zhou, H Zhou… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial charge transfer is a fundamental and crucial process in photoelectric conversion.
If charge transfer is not fast enough, carrier harvesting can compromise with competitive …

Optical Switching of Hole Transfer in Double‐Perovskite/Graphene Heterostructure

H Zhang, E Debroye, S Fu, MCR González… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synergically combining their respective ultrahigh charge mobility and strong light
absorption, graphene (Gr)/semiconductor heterostructures are promising building blocks for …

Stable Mott polaron state limits the charge density in lead halide perovskites

H Zhang, E Debroye, B Vina-Bausa, D Valli… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Large polarons are known to form in lead halide perovskites (LHPs). Photoinduced isolated
polarons at low densities have been well-researched, but many-body interactions at …

Photoexcited hot and cold electron and hole dynamics at FAPbI3 perovskite quantum dots/metal oxide heterojunctions used for stable perovskite quantum dot solar …

C Ding, F Liu, Y Zhang, D Hirotani, X Rin, S Hayase… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Highly luminescent formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI 3) quantum dots (QDs) exhibit high
stability and narrowest bandgap energy among lead halide perovskites, thus they have …