Charge separation and ultraviolet photovoltaic conversion of ZnO quantum dots conjugated with graphene nanoshells

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 747-761

  Son, Dong Ick ^a   Kwon, Byoung Wook ^a   Yang, Jeong Do ^a   Park, Dong Hee ^a   Seo, Won Seon ^b   Lee, Hyunbok ^c   Yi, Yeonjin ^c   Lee, Chang Lyoul ^d   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 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene nanoshell; photoinduced charge separation; quenching; ultraviolet (UV) photovoltaic cell; ZnO graphene quasi core shell quantum dot (QD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869863847     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0258-6     Document Type: Article

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