Role of bond adaptability in the passivation of colloidal quantum dot solids

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7680-7688

  Thon, Susanna M ^a   Ip, Alexander H ^a   Voznyy, Oleksandr ^a   Levina, Larissa ^a   Kemp, Kyle W ^a   Carey, Graham H ^a   Masala, Silvia ^a,b   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

binding energy; colloidal quantum dots; DFT; PbS nanocrystals; photovoltaics; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DFT; PBS NANOCRYSTAL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACES;

PASSIVATION;

LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LEAD; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84884924057     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4021983     Document Type: Article

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