Tuning the charge-transfer property of PbS-quantum Dot/TiO 2-nanobelt nanohybrids via quantum confinement

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1030-1035

  Wang, Defa ^a   Zhao, Haiguang ^a   Wu, Nianqiang ^b   El Khakani, My Ali ^a   Ma, Dongling ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SIZE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; NANOHYBRIDS; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTUM DOTS; SIZE-QUANTIZATION EFFECTS; STRUCTURE-BASED; TIO; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ABSORPTION; NANOBELTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77950551775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100144w     Document Type: Article

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