Functional Optoelectronic Nanomaterials
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Flexible Large Area SWIR Colloidal Quantum Dot Down Converters Based on Scalable Manufacturing Processes
(Wiley, 2025-03-06)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe growing demand for efficient, compact, and cost-effective short-wave infrared (SWIR) emitters has surged due to their wide-ranging applications in industries such as biomedical diagnostics, food and pharmaceutical ... -
Post-deposition in situ passivation of AgBiS2 nanocrystal inks for high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells
(2024-11-12)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyTernary chalcogenide AgBiS2 nanocrystals (NCs) have emerged as a new environmentally friendly material for non-toxic solution-processed solar cells, with a record efficiency of similar to 9%. To date, however, this has ... -
Extended Short-Wave Infrared Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasers with Nanosecond Excitation
(Wiley, 2024-12-06)
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Restricted access - publisher's policySolution-processed gain media have great technological potential as lasers due to their ease of integration with on-chip photonics, scalability and tuneable optoelectronic properties. Currently, the spectral coverage of ... -
InSb/InP Core–Shell Colloidal Quantum Dots for Sensitive and Fast Short-Wave Infrared Photodetectors
(2024-02-02)
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Cation disorder engineering yields AgBiS2 nanocrystals with enhanced optical absorption for efficient ultrathin solar cells
(Nature, 2022-02-14)
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Open AccessStrong optical absorption by a semiconductor is a highly desirable property for many optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. The optimal thickness of a semiconductor absorber is primarily determined by its absorption ... -
Mixed AgBiS2 nanocrystals for photovoltaics and photodetectors
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-03-03)
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Open AccessHeavy-metal-free colloidal nanocrystals are gaining due attention as low-cost, semiconducting materials for solution-processed optoelectronic applications. One common limitation of such materials is their limited carrier ... -
Highly efficient, ultrathin, Cd-free kesterite solar cells in superstrate configuration enabled by band level tuning via Ag incorporation
(Elsevier, 2022-04-01)
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Open AccessKesterite, or Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTS) is promising in developing sustainable PV technology due to its earth-abundant, non-toxic composition. However, issues including instability of interface, high density of defects that ... -
Ag2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystals Expand the Availability of RoHS Compliant Colloidal Quantum Dots
(ACS, 2020-02-06)
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Open AccessThe demonstration of the quantum confinement effect in colloidal quantum dots (QDs) has been extensively studied and exploited mainly in Pb and Cd chalcogenide systems. There has been an urgent need recently for ... -
Low-Cost RoHS Compliant Solution Processed Photovoltaics Enabled by Ambient Condition Synthesis of AgBiS2 Nanocrystals
(ACS, 2020-03-04)
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Open AccessTwo major challenges exist before colloidal nanocrystal solar cells can take their place in the market: So far, these devices are based on Pb/Cd-containing nanocrystals, and second, the synthesis of these nanocrystals takes ... -
Solid-State Thin-Film Broadband Short-Wave Infrared Light Emitters
(2020-09-30)
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Open AccessSolid-state broadband light emitters in the visible have revolutionized today's lighting technology achieving compact footprints, flexible form factors, long lifetimes, and high energy saving, although their counterparts ... -
Colloidal synthesis of lead-free Cs2TiBr6−xIx perovskite nanocrystals
(RSC, 2021-08-06)
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Open AccessCesium titanium halide perovskites are novel lead-free optoelectronic materials that have attracted attention in the last two years for their application in solar cells with power conversion efficiencies reaching 3.3%. We ... -
Colloidal AgBiS2 nanocrystals with reduced recombination yield 6.4% power conversion efficiency in solution-processed solar cells
(Elsevier, 2020-05-28)
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Open AccessAgBiS2 nanocrystals have recently emerged as a RoHS compliant material for photovoltaics. This heavy-metal-free ternary chalcogenide can be prepared from earth-abundant precursors, is solution-processable and presents a ...
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