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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

Solar energy conversion, particularly solar-driven chemical fuel formation, has been
intensely studied in the past decades as a potential approach for renewable energy …

We report a record 100% photon-to-hydrogen production efficiency, under visible light
illumination, for the photocatalytic water-splitting reduction half-reaction. This result was …