Infrared photodiode based on colloidal PbSe nanocrystal quantum dots

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 362-367

  Cui, Dehu ^b   Xu, Jian ^a,b   Xu, Sheng Yong ^c   Paradee, Gary ^b   Lewis, Bradley A ^b   Gerhold, Michael D ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Photoconductivity; Photodiode; Photovoltaic effects; Semiconductor materials

Indexed keywords

LIGANT CAPPING MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS (NQD); NEAR-INFRARED (NIR) LIGHT; PSEUDOMONOMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION;

CRYSTALS; INFRARED DETECTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 33746288957     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2006.877432     Document Type: Article

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