Colloidal inorganic ligand-capped nanocrystals: fundamentals, status, and insights into advanced functional nanodevices

W Wang, M Zhang, Z Pan, GM Biesold, S Liang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) are intriguing building blocks for assembling various functional
thin films and devices. The electronic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric applications of …

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 …

Improving the efficiency of quantum dot sensitized solar cells beyond 15% via secondary deposition

H Song, Y Lin, Z Zhang, H Rao, W Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Low loading is one of the bottlenecks limiting the performance of quantum dot sensitized
solar cells (QDSCs). Although previous QD secondary deposition relying on electrostatic …

Boosting the efficiency of quantum dot–sensitized solar cells over 15% through light‐harvesting enhancement

H Song, H Mu, J Yuan, B Liu, G Bai, S Lin - SusMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
How to improve the capacity of light‐harvesting is still an important point and essential
strategy for the assembling of high‐efficiency quantum dot–sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). A …

Dual ligand capped quantum dots improving loading amount for high-efficiency quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Z Zhang, H Song, W Wang, H Rao, Y Fang… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSCs), high loading of high-quality QD sensitizers is
a prerequisite for high photovoltaic performance. Herein, a facile and effective ligand design …

Mechanistic insights into the influence of surface ligands on quantum dots for photocatalysis

Y Chen, S Yu, XB Fan, LZ Wu, Y Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots are promising semiconductor nanocrystals in the field of photocatalysis owing
to their unique properties in contrast to bulk semiconductors. Surface ligands, the molecules …

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 …

Interface control of electronic and optical properties in IV–VI and II–VI core/shell colloidal quantum dots: a review

Y Jang, A Shapiro, M Isarov… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted vast scientific and
technological interest throughout the past three decades, due to the unique tuneability of …

Quantum dot surface engineering: toward inert fluorophores with compact size and bright, stable emission

SJ Lim, L Ma, A Schleife, AM Smith - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The surfaces of colloidal nanocrystals are complex interfaces between solid crystals,
coordinating ligands, and liquid solutions. For fluorescent quantum dots, the properties of …

Facile surface pseudohalide pretreatment of quantum dots for efficient photovoltaics

Z Sun, Q Hou, R Zhang, J Cheng, J Kong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface engineering of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) plays an important role in determining
their optoelectronic properties and stability. Here, we demonstrate a pseudohalide ion …