Organic ligands are essential in the growth of monodisperse colloidal inorganic
nanocrystals and can be leveraged to create a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Inorganic …

Sunlight is the most abundant and inexhaustible energy source on earth. However, its low
energy density, dispersibility and intermittent nature make its direct utilization with industrial …

Due to thermal carriers generated by a narrow mid-infrared energy gap, cooling is always
necessary to achieve ideal photodetection. In quantum dot (QD), the electron thermal …

All nanomaterials share a common feature of large surface-to-volume ratio, making their
surfaces the dominant player in many physical and chemical processes. Surface ligands …

Cesium‐based trihalide perovskites have been demonstrated as promising light absorbers
for photovoltaic applications due to their superb composition stability. However, the large …

The ability to manipulate quantum dot (QD) surfaces is foundational to their technological
deployment. Surface manipulation of metal halide perovskite (MHP) QDs has proven …

We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

Infrared technologies provide tremendous value to our modern-day society. The need for
easy-to-fabricate, solution-processable, tunable infrared active optoelectronic materials has …

Hot-carrier solar cells can overcome the Shockley-Queisser limit by harvesting excess
energy from hot carriers. Inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals are considered prime …

The electronic properties of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are critically dependent on both
QD size and surface chemistry. Modification of quantum confinement provides control of the …