Recent Progress of Non-Cadmium and Organic Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications with a Focus on Photodetector Devices

Hasan Shabbir; Marek Wojnicki

doi:10.3390/electronics12061327

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Recent Progress of Non-Cadmium and Organic Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications with a Focus on Photodetector Devices

Hasan Shabbir Marek Wojnicki

Electronics Vol. 12 No. 6 pp. 1327 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

Quantum dots (QDs) are zero-dimensional (0D) nanomaterials with charge confinement in all directions that significantly impact various applications. Metal-free organic quantum dots have fascinating properties such as size-dependent bandgap tunability, good optical absorption coefficient, tunability of absorption and emission wavelength, and low-cost synthesis. Due to the extremely small scale of the materials, these characteristics originated from the quantum confinement of electrons. This review will briefly discuss the use of QDs in solar cells and quantum dots lasers, followed by a more in-depth discussion of QD application in photodetectors. Various types of metallic materials, such as lead sulfide and indium arsenide, as well as nonmetallic materials, such as graphene and carbon nanotubes, will be discussed, along with the detection mechanism.

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Published: Mar 10, 2023
Vol/Issue: 12(6)
Pages: 1327
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Authors

H

Hasan Shabbir

Faculty of Non–Ferrous Metals, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Ave. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

M

Marek Wojnicki

Faculty of Non–Ferrous Metals, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Ave. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

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AGH University of Science and Technology

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Hasan Shabbir, Marek Wojnicki (2023). Recent Progress of Non-Cadmium and Organic Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications with a Focus on Photodetector Devices. Electronics, 12(6), 1327. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12061327

Recent Progress of Non-Cadmium and Organic Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications with a Focus on Photodetector Devices

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