Structure/Property Control in Photocatalytic Organic Semiconductor Nanocrystals

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 31; no. 36
• Main Authors: Chen, Yingzhi, Yan, Chuxuan, Dong, Jiaqi, Zhou, Wenjie, Rosei, Federico, Feng, Yun, Wang, Lu‐Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Carrier mobility; Charge transfer; Crystal growth; Crystal structure; crystal structure engineering; Current carriers; Electrical properties; Heterostructures; interface structure engineering; Materials science; Nanocrystals; Optical properties; organic semiconductor nanocrystals; Photocatalysis; Photocatalysts; Quantum efficiency

Photocatalysis offers a practical solution to the ever increasing energy and environmental issues by using a semiconductor to harvest freely available sunlight. Photoactive organic semiconductor nanocrystals (OSNs) are promising photocatalysts due to their structure and function which are easily tun...