Size-dependent valence and conduction band-edge energies of semiconductor nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5888-5902

  Jasieniak, Jacek ^a   Califano, Marco ^b   Watkins, Scott E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electron affinity; energy level; ionization energy; nanocrystal; quantum dot

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; CDSE QDS; CDTE; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY LEVEL SHIFT; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; IONIZATION ENERGIES; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 79961033069     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201681s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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