Hole mobility in nanocrystal solids as a function of constituent nanocrystal size

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3522-3527

  Yazdani, Nuri ^a   Bozyigit, Deniz ^a   Yarema, Olesya ^a   Yarema, Maksym ^a   Wood, Vanessa ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carrier mobility; charge transport; nanocrystal solids; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; HALL MOBILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ANALYTIC MODELING; DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUES; TRANSIENT MEASUREMENT;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 84908073118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5015086     Document Type: Article

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