CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SIZE-QUANTIZED ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CdSe NANOCRYSTALS FOR APPLICATIONS IN PHOTOCATALYSIS, SOLAR CELLS AND DIFFRACTION GRATINGS

This dissertation presents novel applications of ligand-capped II-VI semiconductor nanocrystals (i.e. CdSe and CdTe).Hybrid polymer-nanocrystal thin films were prepared using a bottom-up electrochemical crosslinking method, where thiophene-functionalized CdSe NCs were wired to electron-rich 3,4-diox...

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Main Author: Shallcross, Richard Clayton
Other Authors: Armstrong, Neal R.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194710