Quantum dot nanomaterials: Empowering advances in optoelectronic devices

• Quantum dots offer unique optical and electrical properties due to quantum confinement effects. • They benefit fields like solar energy, bioimaging, and optoelectronics with high quantum yield and size-dependent light emission. • Broad implementation faces challenges like high production costs, potential toxicity, and environmental instability. • Novel synthesis strategies, such as nonorganometallic and microwave-based methods, enhance safety and reduce costs. • This review covers quantum dot synthesis, property analysis, applications, and efforts to overcome current challenges. Quantum dot nanomaterials possess distinct optical and electrical properties from quantum confinement effects. These materials have notable benefits in diverse fields like solar energy conversion, bioimaging, and optoelectronic devices, owing to their high quantum yield and light emission that depends on their size.…