P-type PbSe and PbS quantum dot solids prepared with short-chain acids and diacids

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2475-2485

  Zarghami, Mohammad H ^a   Liu, Yao ^a   Gibbs, Markelle ^a   Gebremichael, Eminet ^a   Webster, Christopher ^a   Law, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field effect transistors; PbS; PbSe; Quantum dots; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED OXYGEN; CAPPED SAMPLES; CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; FIELD-EFFECT; LIGAND EXCHANGES; LIGAND PASSIVATION; LOWER DENSITY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OXALIC ACID; OXIDE SHELL; P-TYPE; PBS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SOLIDS; QUANTUM DOTS; ROBUST BINDING; SHORT-CHAIN ACIDS; SHORT-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SURFACE STATE; SURFACE TRAP;

CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGANDS; OLEIC ACID; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 77951736660     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100339b     Document Type: Article

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