Oxygen sensitivity of atomically passivated CdS nanocrystal films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9517-9523

  Maserati, Lorenzo ^a,b   Moreels, Iwan ^a   Prato, Mirko ^a   Krahne, Roman ^a   Manna, Liberato ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CdS nanocrystal films; oxygen adsorption; oxygen sensing; photoconductivity; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN SENSORS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOCURRENTS;

CDS NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY METHODS; FREE ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN ADSORPTION; OXYGEN SENSITIVITY; OXYGEN-SENSING; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 84903521653     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501906y     Document Type: Article

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