Surface depletion induced quantum confinement in CdS nanobelts

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5283-5290

  Li, Dehui ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Xiong, Qihua ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CdS nanobelts; photoluminescence; quantum confinement; reabsorption; surface depletion; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

CDS NANOBELTS; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; CONFINEMENT POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; EMISSION ENERGIES; EXCITON BOHR RADIUS; EXCITON EMISSION; FREE EXCITONS; PL SPECTRA; POTENTIAL WELLS; REABSORPTION; RED SHIFT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE DEPLETION; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TEMPERATURE DECREASE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EXCITONS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SURFACE STATES;

QUANTUM CONFINEMENT;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862901274     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301053r     Document Type: Article

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