Stoichiometric control of lead chalcogenide nanocrystal solids to enhance their electronic and optoelectronic device performance

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2413-2421

  Oh, Soong Ju ^a   Berry, Nathaniel E ^a   Choi, Ji Hyuk ^a,c   Gaulding, E Ashley ^a   Paik, Taejong ^b   Hong, Sung Hoon ^a   Murray, Christopher B ^a,b   Kagan, Cherie R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

field effect transistor; lead selenide; lead sulfide; nanocrystals; photovoltaics; stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FETS); LEAD SELENIDE; LEAD SULFIDE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCHOTTKY SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LEAD; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84875670565     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3057356     Document Type: Article

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