Improving the catalytic activity of semiconductor nanocrystals through selective domain etching

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2016-2023

  Khon, Elena ^a   Lambright, Kelly ^a   Khnayzer, Rony S ^a   Moroz, Pavel ^a   Perera, Dimuthu ^a   Butaeva, Evgeniia ^a   Lambright, Scott ^a   Castellano, Felix N ^a   Zamkov, Mikhail ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; etching; nanocrystals; Photovoltaics; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; NANOPARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROCESSING STRATEGIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIMERS; ETCHING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84877309155     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl400715n     Document Type: Article

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