Balancing electron transfer and surface passivation in gradient CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots attached to ZnO

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1760-1765

  Abdellah, Mohamed ^a,b   Žídek, Karel ^a   Zheng, Kaibo ^a   Chábera, Pavel ^a   Messing, Maria E ^a   Pullerits, Tõnu ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

core shell quantum dots; electron injection efficiency; quantum yield; ultrafast transient absorption; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON INJECTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PASSIVATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM YIELD; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR ABSORBERS; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COMPOSITION CHANGES; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84879241318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4006459     Document Type: Article

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