Emissive ZnO-graphene quantum dots for white-light-emitting diodes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 465-471

  Son, Dong Ick ^a   Kwon, Byoung Wook ^a   Park, Dong Hee ^a   Seo, Won Seon ^b   Yi, Yeonjin ^c   Angadi, Basavaraj ^d   Lee, Chang Lyoul ^e   Choi, Won Kook ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET)   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIODES; ENERGY GAP; FUEL CELLS; HYBRID MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); ORGANIC POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; EMISSIVE MATERIALS; EMISSIVE PROPERTIES; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; LUMINESCENT SPECTRUM; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 84863722579     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.71     Document Type: Article

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