Role of mid-gap states in charge transport and photoconductivity in semiconductor nanocrystal films

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nagpal, Prashant ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD SULFIDE; NANOCRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; OPTICS; PHOTOCONDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80053394412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1492     Document Type: Article

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