Uniform thin films of CdSe and CdSe(ZnS) core(shell) quantum dots by sol-gel assembly: Enabling photoelectrochemical characterization and electronic applications

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1215-1223

  Korala, Lasantha ^a   Wang, Zhijie ^b   Liu, Yi ^c   Maldonado, Stephen ^b   Brock, Stephanie L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ligand exchange; photocurrent; quantum dots; sol gel methods; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; CDSE; COVALENT LINKAGE; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; GELATION MECHANISMS; HAADF-STEM; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; INTER-PARTICLE COUPLING; LIGAND EXCHANGES; LIGAND-CAPPED; MICROSCOPIC STUDY; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE ISSUES; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL APPROACH; SOL-GEL THIN FILMS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE TRAP; THERMAL-ANNEALING; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GELATION; LIGANDS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZINC SULFIDE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84874438916     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304563j     Document Type: Article

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