Charge transport and electrochromism in novel nanocomposite films of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Au nanoparticles-CdSe quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 14606-14613

  Bhandari, Shweta ^a   Deepa, Melepurath ^b   Sharma, Shailesh N ^a   Joshi, Amish G ^a   Srivastava, Avanish Kumar ^a   Kant, Rama ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AU NANOPARTICLE; CDSE QDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE PROPAGATION; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CORE LEVELS; ELECTRO-ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHROMIC PERFORMANCE; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; LUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; OPTICAL DENSITIES; OXIDIZED STATE; THIOPHENE RING;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHROMISM; FILM GROWTH; GOLD ALLOYS; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; MASS TRANSFER; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER FILMS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SULFUR; THIOPHENE;

GOLD;

EID: 77956196534     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1054815     Document Type: Article

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