Tunable photoluminescent core/shell Cu+-Doped ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots codoped with Al3+, Ga3+, or In3+

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10055-10066

  Cooper, Jason K ^a,b   Gul, Sheraz ^a,b   Lindley, Sarah A ^a   Yano, Junko ^b   Zhang, Jin Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

doped; lifetime; passivation; QD LED; quantum dot; shell; ZnSe

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGANDS; LIGHTING; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PASSIVATION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; X RAY ABSORPTION; ZINC SELENIDE;

DOPED; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; LIFETIME; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROCESS; SHELL; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT EMISSION; ZNSE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84929192106     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02860     Document Type: Article

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