Supercrystals of CdSe quantum dots with high charge mobility and efficient electron transfer to TiO2

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1723-1731

  Talgorn, Elise ^a   Abellon, Ruben D ^a   Kooyman, Patricia J ^a   Piris, Jorge ^a   Savenije, Tom J ^a   Goossens, Albert ^a   Houtepen, Arjan J ^a   Siebbeles, Laurens D A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Annealing; Photoconductivity; Quantum dot; Supercrystal; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CDSE/CDS; CHARGE CARRIER PHOTOGENERATION; CHARGE MOBILITIES; CORE/SHELL; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; LITERATURE DATA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT FILMS; SUPERCRYSTAL; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TIO; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

ANNEALING; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77950176646     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901709a     Document Type: Article

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