Tunable blue-green-emitting wurtzite ZnS:Mg nanosheet-assembled hierarchical spheres for near-UV white LEDs

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Reddy, Devulapalli Amaranatha ^a   Kim, Deok Hyeon ^a   Rhee, Seuk Joo ^a   Lee, Bo Wha ^a   Liu, Chunli ^a  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bandgap expansion; Hierarchical spheres; Tunable blue green emission; Wurtzite structure; ZnS:Mg

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNESIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSHEETS; SPHERES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

BLUE-GREEN EMISSIONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTRA; GREEN PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MG CONCENTRATIONS; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; WURTZITE STRUCTURE;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84892526612     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-20     Document Type: Article

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