Tunable infrared phosphors using Cu doping in semiconductor nanocrystals: Surface electronic structure evaluation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-415

  Grandhi, G Krishnamurthy ^a   Viswanatha, Ranjani ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

down conversion phosphor; infrared emission; semiconductor nanocrystals; surface electronic structure; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CDS NANOCRYSTALS; CU-DOPED; CU-DOPING; DECAY DYNAMICS; DOWNCONVERSION; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; II-VI NANOCRYSTALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTOR; INFRARED EMISSIONS; ION STATE; PHOSPHOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; STEADY-STATE LUMINESCENCE; SURFACE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT EMISSION; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84873479122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3021588     Document Type: Article

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