2024
-Ligand-Directed Self-Assembly of Organic-Semiconductor/Quantum-Dot Blend Films Enables Efficient Triplet Exciton-Photon Conversion
Victor Gray, Daniel T. W. Toolan, Simon Dowland, Jesse R. Allardice, Michael P. Weir, Zhilong Zhang, James Xiao, Anastasia Klimash, Jurjen F. Winkel, Emma K. Holland, Garrett M. Fregoso, John E. Anthony, Hugo Bronstein, Richard Friend, Anthony J. Ryan, Richard A. L. Jones, Neil C. Greenham, and Akshay Rao*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11, 7763–7770 [Full text]
2023
-Insights into the kinetics and self-assembly order of small-molecule organic semiconductor/quantum dot blends during blade coating
Daniel T. W. Toolan*, Michael P. Weir, Shuangqing Wang, Simon A. Dowland, Zhilong Zhang, James Xiao, Jonathan Rawle, Neil Greenham, Richard H. Friend, Akshay Rao, Richard A. L. Jones and Anthony J. Ryan
Nanoscale Horiz., 2023,8, 1090-1097 [Full text]
-Triplet transfer from PbS quantum dots to tetracene ligands: is faster always better?
Victor Gray†,‡*, William Drake†, Jesse R. Allardice†, Zhilong Zhang†, James Xiao†, Daniel G. Congrave¶, Jeroen Royakkers¶, Weixuan Zeng¶, Simon Dowland#, Neil C. Greenham†, Hugo Bronstein¶, John E. Anthonyǁ, Akshay Rao†*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 16321-16329 [Full text]
Prior to joining SCUT
-Ultrafast Exciton Transport at Early Times in Quantum Dot Solids
Zhilong Zhang, Jooyoung Sung*, Daniel Toolan, Sanyang Han, Raj Pandya, Michael Weir, James Xiao, Simon Dowland, Mengxia Liu, Anthony J. Ryan, Richard A. L. Jones, Shujuan Huang and Akshay Rao*
Nature Materials 2022, 21, 533–539 [Full text]
- Passivating Quantum Dot Carrier Transport Layer with Metal Salts
Zihan Chen, Yaohong Zhang, Zhi Li Teh, Jianfeng Yang, Lin Yuan, Gavin J. Conibeer, Robert J.Patterson, Qing Shen, Shujuan Huang*, Zhilong Zhang*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 24, 28679–28688. [Full text]
-Nonequilibrium Carrier Transport in Quantum Dot Heterostructures
Mengxia Liu, Sachin Dev Verma, Zhilong Zhang, Jooyoung Sung*, and Akshay Rao*
Nano Letters, 2021, 21, 21, 8945–8951 [Full text]
-A New Passivation Route Leading to over 8% Efficient PbSe Quantum Dot Solar Cells via Direct Ion Exchange with Perovskite Nanocrystals
Zhilong Zhang, Zihan Chen, Lin Yuan, Weijian Chen, Jianfeng Yang, Xiaoming Wen, Jianbing Zhang, Long Hu, John A. Stride, Gavin J. Conibeer, Robert J. Patterson, and Shujuan Huang*
Advanced Materials, 2017. 29, 1703214 [Full text]
-Significant Improvement in the Performance of PbSe Quantum Dot Solar Cell by Introducing a CsPbBr3 Perovskite Colloidal Nanocrystal Back Layer
Zhilong Zhang, Zihan Chen, Jianbing Zhang, Weijian Chen, Jianfeng Yang, Xiaoming Wen, Bo Wang, Naoya Kobamoto, Lin Yuan, John A. Stride, Gavin J. Conibeer, Robert J. Patterson and Shujuan Huang*
Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7, 1601773 [Full text]
-Slow Carrier Relaxation in Tin-based Perovskite Nanocrystals
Linjie Dai, Zeyu Deng, Florian Auras, Heather Goodwin, Zhilong Zhang, John Walmsley, Paul Bristowe, Felix Deschler, Neil Greenham*
Nature Photonics, 2021, 15, 696–702 [Full text]
-Achieving High-Performance PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells by Improving Hole Extraction Through Ag Doping
Long Hu#, Zhilong Zhang#, Robert J. Patterson, Yicong Hu, Weijian Chen, Chao Chen, Dengbing Li, Chao Hu, Cong Ge, Zihan Chen, Lin Yuan, Chang Yan, Ning Song, Zhi Li Teh, Gavin J.Conibeer, Jiang Tang, Shujuan Huang*
Nano Energy, 2018, 46, 212-219 [Full text]
-Improving Carrier Extraction In a PbSe Quantum Dot Solar Cell by Introducing a Solution-Processed Antimony-Doped SnO2 Buffer Layer
Zihan Chen#, Zhilong Zhang#, Jianfeng Yang, Weijian Chen, Zhi Li Teh, Dian Wang, Lin Yuan, Jianbing Zhang, John A. Stride, Gavin J. Conibeer, Robert J. Patterson* and Shujuan Huang*
The Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 9861-9866 [Full text]
-Effect of Halide Treatments on PbSe Quantum Dot Thin Films: Stability, Hot Carrier Lifetime and Application to Photovoltaics
Zhilong Zhang, Jianfeng Yang, Xiaoming Wen, Lin Yuan, Santosh Shrestha, John Arron Stride, Gavin J. Conibeer, Robert J. Patterson and Shujuan Huang*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, 119, 24149 [Full text]
-Direct vs Delayed Triplet Energy Transfer from Organic Semiconductors to Quantum Dots and Implications for Luminescent Harvesting of Triplet Excitons
Victor Gray, Jesse R Allardice, Zhilong Zhang, Simon Dowland, James Xiao, Anthony Petty II, John E Anthony, Neil C Greenham, Akshay Rao*
ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 4, 4224–4234 [Full text]
-Engineering Molecular Ligand Shells on Quantum Dots for Quantitative Harvesting of Triplet Excitons Generated by Singlet Fission
Jesse Allardice, Simon Dowland, James Xiao, Victor Gray, Zhilong Zhang, II Petty, Nathaniel Davis, Neil Greenham, John Anthony, Akshay Rao*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 32, 12907-12915 [Full text]
-Photon Upconversion from Near-Infrared to Blue Light with TIPS-Anthracene as an Efficient Triplet–Triplet Annihilator
Naoyuki Nishimura, Victor Gray, Jesse R Allardice, Zhilong Zhang, Anton Pershin, David Beljonne, Akshay Rao*
ACS Materials Letters, 2019, 1, 6, 660-664 [Full text]
-Organic-quantum dot hybrid interfaces and their role in photon fission/fusion applications
Victor Gray, Jesse R. Allardice, Zhilong Zhang, and Akshay Rao*
Chem. Phys. Rev. 2021, 2, 031305 [Full text]
-PbSe Quantum Dot Passivated Via Mixed Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Solar Cells With Over 9% Efficiency
Long Hu#, Zhilong Zhang#, Robert J Patterson, Sunil B Shivarudraiah, Zhicong Zhou, Michael Ng, Shujuang Huang*, Jonathan E Halpert*
Solar RRL, 2018, 2, 1800234 [Full text]
