Solution-processed zinc phosphide (α-Zn3P2) colloidal semiconducting nanocrystals for thin film photovoltaic applications

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 8136-8146

  Luber, Erik J ^a,b   Mobarok, Md Hosnay ^a,b   Buriak, Jillian M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

core shell; earth abundant; heterojunction; photovoltaics; quantum confinement; semiconductor nanocrystals; solution processed; zinc phosphide

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL; EARTH-ABUNDANT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; ZINC PHOSPHIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ZINC;

EID: 84884917607     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4034234     Document Type: Article

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