Engineering interfacial structure in “Giant” PbS/CdS quantum dots for photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion

Nano Energy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 531-541

  Jin, Lei ^a   Sirigu, Gianluca ^b   Tong, Xin ^a,c   Camellini, Andrea ^b   Parisini, Andrea ^d   Nicotra, Giuseppe ^e   Spinella, Corrado ^e   Zhao, Haiguang ^a   Sun, Shuhui ^a   Morandi, Vittorio ^d   Zavelani Rossi, Margherita ^b   Rosei, Federico ^a,f   Vomiero, Alberto ^g  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CNR IMM   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^g LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CdS; Core shell; Giant quantum dot; PbS; Photoelectrochemical

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CORE/SHELL; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HYBRID ARCHITECTURES; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84993965356     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.10.029     Document Type: Article

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