Size and bandgap control in the solution-phase synthesis of near-infrared-emitting germanium nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7459-7466

  Ruddy, Daniel A ^a   Johnson, Justin C ^a   Smith, E Ryan ^a   Neale, Nathan R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bandgap control; germanium nanocrystal; infrared emission; mechanism; quantum confinement; size control

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BAND-EDGE EMISSIONS; BANDGAP CONTROL; COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS; GE NANOCRYSTALS; GERMANIUM NANOCRYSTAL; GERMANIUM NANOCRYSTALS; INFRARED EMISSIONS; MIXED VALENCE; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; PRECURSOR METHOD; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; REDUCTANTS; REDUCTION TEMPERATURES; SIZE CONTROL; SOLUTION PHASE SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE RAMP;

ENERGY GAP; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT;

GERMANIUM;

GERMANIUM; IODIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; INFRARED RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

COLLOIDS; GERMANIUM; INFRARED RAYS; IODIDES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650719490     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102728u     Document Type: Article

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