Tracking the adsorption and electron injection rates of CdSe quantum dots on TiO2: Linked versus direct attachment

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 13511-13519

  Pernik, Douglas R ^a,b   Tvrdy, Kevin ^a,c   Radich, James G ^a,b   Kamat, Prashant V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ADSORPTION CONSTANT; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ADSORPTION PHENOMENA; AGGREGATION PROCESS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; KINETIC ADSORPTION MODELS; MESOSCOPICS; MOLECULAR LINKERS; PHOTO-ANODES; REDUCED SIZE; SUBMONOLAYER; SUBMONOLAYER COVERAGE; TIO; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIRECT INJECTION; ELECTRON INJECTION; OXIDE FILMS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 80053898663     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp203055d     Document Type: Article

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