Suppressed carrier scattering in CdS-encapsulated pbs nanocrystal films

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6964-6977

  Moroz, Pavel ^a   Kholmicheva, Natalia ^a   Mellott, Bryan ^a   Liyanage, Geethika ^a   Rijal, Upendra ^a   Bastola, Ebin ^a   Huband, Kyla ^a   Khon, Elena ^a   McBride, Keith ^a   Zamkov, Mikhail ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; nanocrystals; photovoltaics; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; COUPLED NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; LOWER PROBABILITIES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATRICES;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC SULFIDE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84883258163     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402844m     Document Type: Article

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