Robust, functional nanocrystal solids by infilling with atomic layer deposition

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5349-5355

  Liu, Yao ^a   Gibbs, Markelle ^a   Perkins, Craig L ^b   Tolentino, Jason ^a   Zarghami, Mohammad H ^a   Bustamante, Jorge ^a   Law, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; Nanocrystal; PbSe; quantum dot; solar cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALUMINA; COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; INFILLING; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAL OXIDES; PBSE; PHOTO-THERMAL; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHANGES; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TUNNEL BARRIER; ZNO;

ALUMINA; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ATOMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ZINC OXIDE;

SURFACES;

EID: 83655172562     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2028848     Document Type: Article

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