The role of shape on electronic structure and charge transport in faceted pbse nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2302-2317

  Kaushik, Ananth P ^a   Lukose, Binit ^a   Clancy, Paulette ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; density functional theory; density of states; Marcus theory; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HOLE MOBILITY; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERLATTICES;

CHARGE MOBILITIES; DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRON COUPLING; MARCUS THEORY; ON STATE; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84896936932     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405755n     Document Type: Article

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