Noninjection gram-scale synthesis of monodisperse pyramidal CuInS 2 nanocrystals and their size-dependent properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5253-5262

  Zhong, Haizheng ^a   Lo, Shun S ^a   Mirkovic, Tihana ^a   Li, Yunchao ^b   Ding, Yuqin ^c   Li, Yongfang ^c   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

CuInS2 nanocrystals; cyclic voltammetry; energy levels; light emitters; noninjection method; quantum confinement effects; solar harvesters

Indexed keywords

CUINS2 NANOCRYSTALS; ENERGY LEVEL; LIGHT EMITTERS; NON-INJECTION; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SOLAR HARVESTERS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HARVESTERS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

EID: 77957322732     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1015538     Document Type: Article

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