Charge separation in photocatalysts: mechanisms, physical parameters, and design principles

R Yanagi, T Zhao, D Solanki, Z Pan, S Hu - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic fuel production has gathered increasing attention due to its potential for large-
scale deployment, but the quantum yield of existing photocatalysts remains limited mainly by …

How pendant groups dictate energy and electron transfer in perovskite–rhodamine light harvesting assemblies

JT DuBose, PV Kamat - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy and electron transfer processes allow for efficient manipulation of excited states
within light harvesting assemblies for photocatalytic and optoelectronic applications. We …

Colloidal Quantum Dots as an Emerging Vast Platform and Versatile Sensitizer for Singlet Molecular Oxygen Generation

ZU Khan, LU Khan, HF Brito, M Gidlund, OL Malta… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) has been reported in wide arrays of applications ranging
from optoelectronic to photooxygenation reactions and therapy in biomedical proposals. It is …

Reversible ligand detachment from CdSe quantum dots following photoexcitation

MKN Grega, J Gan, M Noman… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The nanocrystal–ligand boundaries of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) mediate charge and
energy transfer processes that underpin photochemical and photocatalytic transformations …

Engineering long-lived blue photoluminescence from InP quantum dots using isomers of naphthoic acid

X Zhang, MH Hudson… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Leveraging triplet excitons in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) in concert with surface-
anchored molecules to produce long-lifetime thermally activated delayed …

Influence of ligand structure on excited state surface chemistry of lead sulfide quantum dots

ER Kennehan, KT Munson, C Grieco… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ligand-nanocrystal boundaries of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) mediate the primary
energy and electron transfer processes that underpin photochemical and photocatalytic …

Singlet molecular oxygen generation via unexpected emission color-tunable CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals for applications in photodynamic therapy

ZU Khan, LU Khan, MK Uchiyama… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is highly desirable in biomedical sciences to utilize the multifunctional nanoparticles of
similar size with tunable emission. Since the optoelectronic properties of quantum dots …

Probing how various metal ions interact with the surface of QDs: implication of the interaction event on the photophysics of QDs

N Preeyanka, M Sarkar - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
With an aim to understand the mechanism of interaction between quantum dots (QDs) and
various metal ions, fluorescence response of less-toxic and water-soluble glutathione …

Generating Triplets in Organic Semiconductor Tetracene upon Photoexcitation of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide ReS2

S Maiti, D Poonia, P Schiettecatte, Z Hens… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We studied the dynamics of transfer of photoexcited electronic states in a bilayer of the two-
dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide ReS2 and tetracene, with the aim to produce …

In Situ Imaging of Catalytic Reactions on Tungsten Oxide Nanowires Connects Surface–Ligand Redox Chemistry with Photocatalytic Activity

M Shen, T Ding, C Tan, WH Rackers, D Zhang… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor nanocrystals are promising candidates for generating chemical feedstocks
through photocatalysis. Understanding the role of ligands used to prepare colloidal …