Size-dependent electron transfer from colloidal PbS nanocrystals to fullerene

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1149-1154

  Gocalińska, Agnieszka ^a   Saba, Michele ^a   Quochi, Francesco ^a   Marceddu, Marco ^a   Szendrei, Krisztina ^b   Gao, Jia ^b   Loi, Maria A ^b   Yarema, Maksym ^c   Seyrkammer, Robert ^c   Heiss, Wolfgang ^c   Mura, Andrea ^a   Bongiovanni, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FREE CHARGE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LEAD SULPHIDE; METHYL ESTERS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; PBS NANOCRYSTAL; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTOGENERATED EXCITONS; PROCESSABLE; SUBPICOSECOND; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 77950581948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100116t     Document Type: Article

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