Preparation of Cd/Pb Chalcogenide Heterostructured Janus Particles via Controllable Cation Exchange

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7151-7163

  Zhang, Jianbing ^a,b   Chernomordik, Boris D ^b   Crisp, Ryan W ^b,c   Kroupa, Daniel M ^b,d   Luther, Joseph M ^b   Miller, Elisa M ^b   Gao, Jianbo ^e   Beard, Matthew C ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cation exchange reactions; heterostructures; lead chalcogenide; quantum dots; synthesis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANISOTROPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PLANE; LEAD CHALCOGENIDES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SPHERICAL NANOCRYSTALS; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84938100045     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01859     Document Type: Article

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