High charge-carrier mobility enables exploitation of carrier multiplication in quantum-dot films

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sandeep, C S Suchand ^a   Cate, Sybren Ten ^a   Schins, Juleon M ^a   Savenije, Tom J ^a   Liu, Yao ^b   Law, Matt ^b   Kinge, Sachin ^c   Houtepen, Arjan J ^a   Siebbeles, Laurens D A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Toyota Motor Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 ETHANEDITHIOL; 1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; 1,6 HEXANEDIAMINE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; LIGAND; NANOFILM; OLEIC ACID; PUTRESCINE; QUANTUM DOT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLLOID; DISPERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRODUCTION COST; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DISPERSION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTON; QUANTUM YIELD; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84883289086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3360     Document Type: Article

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