Quantum Dots Enhance Light-to-Current Conversion in Layered Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 18:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists combined the excellent light-harvesting properties of quantum dots with the tunable electrical conductivity of a layered tin disulfide semiconductor to produce a hybrid material that exhibited enhanced light-harvesting and energy transfer properties -- both in laboratory tests and when incorporated into electronic devices. The research paves the way for using these materials in optoelectronic applications such as energy-harvesting photovoltaics, light sensors, and light emitting diodes (LEDs).