Band-like transport, high electron mobility and high photoconductivity in all-inorganic nanocrystal arrays

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 348-352

  Lee, Jong Soo ^a   Kovalenko, Maksym V ^a   Huang, Jing ^a   Chung, Dae Sung ^a   Talapin, Dmitri V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGANDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROCESSING; SOLS; SUBSTRATES;

BAND-LIKE TRANSPORTS; CADMIUM SELENIDE NANOCRYSTALS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY; HIGH PROCESSING TEMPERATURES; INORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS; LARGE-AREA SUBSTRATES; SOLUTION-BASED DEPOSITION; THIN FILM ELECTRONICS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; LIGAND; NANOCRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOARRAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960063423     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.46     Document Type: Article

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