Synthesis, structure, optical properties, and band gap tuning of Fe: ZnSe colloidal nanocrystals

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 249, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-47

  Xie, Ruishi ^a   Li, Yuanli ^a   Zhang, Xingquan ^a   Liu, Haifeng ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap tuning; Chemical synthesis; Nanostructured materials; Optical properties; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BAND-GAP TUNING; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; MONODISPERSE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; ZINC-BLENDE STRUCTURES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84900843223     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.082     Document Type: Article

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