Simple yet versatile synthesis of CuInSexS2-x quantum dots for sunlight harvesting

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16987-16994

  McDaniel, Hunter ^a   Koposov, Alexey Y ^b   Draguta, Sergiu ^a   Makarov, Nikolay S ^a   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGANDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELEMENTAL SELENIUM; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; ETHANEDITHIOL (EDT); ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOSPHINE COMPLEX; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE LIGANDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84905455112     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5004903     Document Type: Article

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