Among the various postsynthesis treatments of colloidal nanocrystals that have been
developed to date, transformations by cation exchange have recently emerged as an …

Colloidal heteronanocrystals (HNCs) can be regarded as solution-grown inorganic–organic
hybrid nanomaterials, since they consist of inorganic nanoparticles that are coated with a …

Efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions are key to
water electrolysis. Herein, we report a built‐in electric field (BEF) strategy to fabricate …

Work function strongly impacts the surficial charge distribution, especially for metal‐support
electrocatalysts when a built‐in electric field (BEF) is constructed. Therefore, studying the …

The emergence of semiconductor nanocrystals as the building blocks of nanotechnology
has opened up new ways to utilize them in next generation solar cells. This paper focuses …

Key limitations of the colloidal semiconductor nanorods that have been reported so far are a
significant distribution of lengths and diameters as well as the presence of irregular shapes …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have been generating substantial interest due to their unique
properties, which include high quantum efficiency, high color purity, low-cost solution …

Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

We have demonstrated that seeded growth of nanocrystals offers a convenient way to
design nanoheterostructures with complex shapes and morphologies by changing the …

Colloidal semiconductor–metal nanoheterostructures that combine the light-harvesting
ability of semiconductor nanocrystals with the catalytic activity of small metal nanoparticles …