Enhanced Air Stability, Charge Separation, and Photocurrent in CdSe/CdTe Heterojunction Nanorods by Thiols

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 20162-20168

  Flanagan, Joseph C ^a   Shim, Moonsub ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEPARATION;

ANHYDROUS SOLVENTS; CDTE NANOCRYSTALS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; LIGAND EXCHANGE METHOD; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84940472732     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06334     Document Type: Article

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