Hybrid Molecule-Nanocrystal Photon Upconversion Across the Visible and Near-Infrared

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5552-5557

  Huang, Zhiyuan ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Mahboub, Melika ^a   Hanson, Kerry M ^a   Nichols, Valerie M ^a   Le, Hoang ^a   Tang, Ming L ^a   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acenes; hybrid; nanocrystals; solar; Triplet; upconversion

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ACENES; HYBRID; SOLAR; TRIPLET; UP-CONVERSION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

9,10-DIPHENYLANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; NAPHTHACENE DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; RUBRENE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANTHRACENES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LEAD; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NAPHTHACENES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84939225652     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02130     Document Type: Article

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