Electron injection from colloidal PbS quantum dots into titanium dioxide nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2206-2212

  Hyun, Byung Ryool ^a   Zhong, Yu Wu ^b   Bartnik, Adam C ^a   Sun, Liangfeng ^a   Abruña, Hector D ^b   Wise, Frank W ^a   Goodreau, Jason D ^c   Matthews, James R ^c   Leslie, Thomas M ^c   Borrelli, Nicholas F ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic voltammetry; Electron affinity; Electron transfer time; Fluorescence lifetime; k; Near infrared; P theory; PbS QDs; Solar cells; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLTAMMETRY;

ELECTRON TRANSFER TIME; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; K; NEAR-INFRARED; P THEORY; PBS QDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

COLLOIDS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TITANIUM;

EID: 58049220471     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800336b     Document Type: Article

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