Cadmium- and zinc-alloyed Cu-In-S nanocrystals and their optical properties

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Liming ^a,b,c   Zhu, Xiaoshan ^a,b   Publicover, Nelson G ^a,b,c   Hunter, Kenneth W ^b,c   Ahmadiantehrani, Mojtaba ^a   De Bettencourt Dias, Ana ^b   Bell, Thomas W ^b  

^a Reno   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloyed semiconductor nanocrystals; Cadmium; Copper indium sulfide; Photoluminescence; Quantum yield; Synthesis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CADMIUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; INDIUM SULFIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE DEFECTS; ZINC ALLOYS;

ALLOYED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL; ALLOYED SEMICONDUCTORS; BLUE SHIFT; COPPER INDIUM SULPHIDE; CU-IN-S; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE WAVELENGTH; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION METHODS; ZINC;

QUANTUM YIELD;

ALLOY; CADMIUM; COPPER; INDIUM; NANOCRYSTAL; SULFIDE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885491735     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2056-9     Document Type: Article

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