Narrow bandgap colloidal metal chalcogenide quantum dots: synthetic methods, heterostructures, assemblies, electronic and infrared optical properties

SV Kershaw, AS Susha, AL Rogach - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry, material processing and fundamental understanding of colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) are advancing at an astounding rate, bringing …

Quantum dot nanoscale heterostructures for solar energy conversion

RS Selinsky, Q Ding, MS Faber, JC Wright… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dot nanoscale semiconductor heterostructures (QDHs) are a class of materials
potentially useful for integration into solar energy conversion devices. However, realizing the …

Quantum dot sensitized solar cell: recent advances and future perspectives in photoanode

D Sharma, R Jha, S Kumar - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2016 - Elsevier
Quantum dot (QD) has emerged as a promising agent in the field of solar energy conversion
due to its distinct size-dependent optoelectronic characteristics. As next generation solar cell …

Performance improvement strategies for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells: a review

Z Du, M Artemyev, J Wang, J Tang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of new low-cost technologies for high-efficiency quantum dot-sensitized solar
cells (QDSCs) is an effective way to solve current energy and environmental problems. Over …

High performance PbS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells exceeding 4% efficiency: the role of metal precursors in the electron injection and charge separation

V González-Pedro, C Sima, G Marzari… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we report the preparation of high performance Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells
(QDSCs) based on PbS–CdS co-sensitized nanoporous TiO2 electrodes. QDs were directly …

Atomic layer deposition enabling higher efficiency solar cells: A review

MA Hossain, KT Khoo, X Cui, GK Poduval… - Nano Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) can synthesise materials with atomic-scale precision. The
ability to tune the material composition, film thickness with excellent conformality, allow low …

Metal oxide semiconductors for dye‐and quantum‐dot‐sensitized solar cells

I Concina, A Vomiero - Small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This Review provides a brief summary of the most recent research developments in the
synthesis and application of nanostructured metal oxide semiconductors for dye sensitized …

Boosting the performance of eco-friendly quantum dots-based photoelectrochemical cells via effective surface passivation

X Tong, AI Channa, Y You, P Wei, X Li, F Lin, J Wu… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells fabricated using environment-friendly colloidal quantum
dots (QDs) are promising optoelectronic devices for future practical solar-to-hydrogen …

Effect of organic and inorganic passivation in quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells

MS de la Fuente, RS Sanchez… - The journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The effect of semiconductor passivation on quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) has
been systematically characterized for CdS and CdS/ZnS. We have found that passivation …

Efficient CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells made using novel Cu2S counter electrode

K Meng, PK Surolia, O Byrne, KR Thampi - Journal of Power Sources, 2014 - Elsevier
A novel Cu 2 S counter electrode (CE), which is prepared through simple electroplating
method, is used to fabricate CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells. The cells applying our …