Synthesis and characterization of organically soluble Cu-doped ZnS nanocrystals with Br co-activator

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 14559-14570

  Corrado, Carley ^a   Cooper, Jason K ^a   Hawker, Morgan ^a   Hensel, Jenny ^a   Livingston, Grant ^a   Gul, Sheraz ^a   Vollbrecht, Brian ^a   Bridges, Frank ^a   Zhang, Jin Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; COACTIVATORS; CU-DOPED SAMPLE; CU-DOPING; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT; ENHANCED EMISSION; EXAFS DATA; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HIGH QUALITY; LIGHTING DEVICES; PL EMISSION; PL SPECTROSCOPY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL FEATURE; TIME-RESOLVED; ZNS NANOCRYSTALS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

BROMINE;

EID: 79961052034     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp202734n     Document Type: Article

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