Physicochemical properties of hybrid graphene–lead sulfide quantum dots prepared by supercritical ethanol

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi ^a,b   Tayyebi, Ahmad ^a   Simchi, Abdolreza ^a   Aashuri, Hossein ^a   Outokesh, Mohmmad ^a   Fan, Zhiyong ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Density function theory; Lead sulfide; Photovoltaic; Quantum dot; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ETHANOL; GRAPHENE; HALL MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHEETS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLS;

DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY; LEAD SULFIDE; PBS COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RAMAN AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE LEAD SULFIDE QUANTUM DOT; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; LEAD SULFIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; THICKNESS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84921341965     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2854-8     Document Type: Article

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