A study of photoluminescence properties and performance improvement of Cd-doped ZnO quantum dots prepared by the sol-gel method

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Zhao, Su Qing ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Zhou, Jian Qing ^a   Cai, Yan Fei ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cd doped ZnO; Photoluminescence properties; Quantum dots; Sol gel method

Indexed keywords

BLUE-SHIFTED; CD CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; LUMINESCENT PROPERTY; LUMINOUS INTENSITY; MASS RATIO; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC METHODS; TOPO; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE SPECTRA; UV- AND; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES; ZNO; ZNO QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84866079305     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-405     Document Type: Article

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