CdTe quantum dots in ionic liquid: Stability and hole scavenging in the presence of a sulfide salt

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 18481-18487

  Sekhar, M Chandra ^a   Santhosh, Kotni ^a,b   Praveen Kumar, Jaini ^a   Mondal, Navendu ^a   Soumya, S ^a   Samanta, Anunay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

1-BUTYL-3-METHYL-IMIDAZOLIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; CDTE NANOCRYSTALS; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84906213248     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507271t     Document Type: Article

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