Photofabrication of fullerene-shelled quantum dots supramolecular nanoparticles for solar energy harvesting

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1601-1608

  Shibu, Edakkattuparambil Sidharth ^a   Sonoda, Akinari ^a   Tao, Zhuoqiz ^b   Feng, Qi ^b   Furube, Akihiro ^a   Masuo, Sadahiro ^c   Wang, Li ^c   Tamai, Naoto ^c   Ishikawa, Mitsuru ^a   Biju, Vasudevanpillai ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C60; donor acceptor system; electron transfer; quantum dots; single molecule; solar cell; supramolecular nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

C60; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSFER; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE-MOLECULE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORE LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FULLERENES; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84863229433     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204567d     Document Type: Article

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