Observation of mediated cascade energy transfer in europium-doped ZnO nanowalls by 1,10-phenanthroline

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2142-2147

  Kang, Jung Soo ^a   Jeong, Yong Kwang ^b   Kang, Jun Gill ^b   Zhao, Liyan ^a   Sohn, Youngku ^a,c   Pradhan, Debabrata ^a,d   Leung, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI HALIDES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; METAL HALIDES; METAL IONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REDUCTION; ZINC;

1 ,10-PHENANTHROLINE; CASCADE ENERGY TRANSFERS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION METHODS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; X-RAY PHOTOEMISSIONS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84921965675     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5090795     Document Type: Article

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