Nanocrystal Size and Quantum Yield in the Upconversion of Green to Violet Light with CdSe and Anthracene Derivatives

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 7503-7507

  Huang, Zhiyuan ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Yip, Benjamin D ^a   Rubalcava, Justin M ^a   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a   Tang, Ming L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT; MOLECULES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVES; CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; SURFACE COVERAGES; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84946893676     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03731     Document Type: Article

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