Quantum-dot-in-perovskite solids

Nature

Volumn 523, Issue 7560, 2015, Pages 324-328

  Ning, Zhijun ^a   Gong, Xiwen ^a   Comin, Riccardo ^a   Walters, Grant ^a   Fan, Fengjia ^a   Voznyy, Oleksandr ^a   Yassitepe, Emre ^a   Buin, Andrei ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLAMMONIUM; NANOCRYSTAL; PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM DOT;

CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FILM; ORIENTATION; PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84937622097     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14563     Document Type: Article

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