Ligand coupling symmetry correlates with thermopower enhancement in small-molecule/nanocrystal hybrid materials

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10528-10536

  Lynch, Jared ^a   Kotiuga, Michele ^a,b   Doan Nguyen, Vicky V T ^c   Queen, Wendy L ^a   Forster, Jason D ^a   Schlitz, Ruth A ^e   Murray, Christopher B ^c   Neaton, Jeffrey B ^a,b,d   Chabinyc, Michael L ^e   Urban, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley   (United States)

^e University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

composite; copper selenide; coupling; hybrid; ligand exchange; nanocrystal; organic; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COPPER SELENIDE; HYBRID; LIGAND EXCHANGES; ORGANIC; THERMOELECTRICS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84908426069     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503972v     Document Type: Article

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