Determination of heterojunction band offsets between CdS bulk and PbS quantum dots using photoelectron spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Bhandari, Khagendra P ^a   Choi, Hyekyoung ^b   Jeong, Sohee ^b,c   Mahabaduge, Hasitha ^a   Ellingson, Randy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ENERGY GAP; LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BAND GAP ENERGY; BAND OFFSETS; CONDUCTION BAND OFFSET; DIPCOATING METHODS; ENERGY DISCONTINUITY; LAYER BY LAYER; PBS QUANTUM DOTS; RF MAGNETRONS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84907718648     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4897301     Document Type: Article

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