Tunable light emission by exciplex state formation between hybrid halide perovskite and core/shell quantum dots: Implications in advanced LEDs and photovoltaics

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sanchez, Rafael S ^a   De La Fuente, Mauricio Solis ^a   Suarez, Isaac ^b   Muñoz Matutano, Guillermo ^b   Martinez Pastor, Juan P ^b   Mora Sero, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM THEORY;

CARRIER INJECTION; CORE/SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; PHOTO-LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS; SOLUTION-PROCESSING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM;

CHEMISTRY; COLOR; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COLOR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84979634831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501104     Document Type: Article

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