Significance of small-sized PbSe/PbS core/shell colloidal quantum dots for optoelectronic applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 17001-17009

  Yanover, Diana ^a   Vaxenburg, Roman ^a   Tilchin, Jenya ^a   Rubin Brusilovski, Anna ^a   Zaiats, Gary ^a   Čapek, Richard K ^a   Sashchiuk, Aldona ^a   Lifshitz, Efrat ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TUNABLE BAND-GAP;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84905457042     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500471s     Document Type: Article

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