| Title | Photoluminescence quenching and conductivity enhancement of PVK induced by CdS quantum dots |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Masala, S., Bizzarro V., Re Marilena, Nenna G., Villani Fulvia, Minarini Carla, and Di Luccio Tiziana |
| Journal | Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures |
| Volume | 44 |
| Pagination | 1272-1277 |
| ISSN | 13869477 |
| Keywords | Atomic force microscopy, Cadmium compounds, Cadmium sulfide, CdS, CdS quantum dots, Conductivity enhancement, Decomposition, High boiling solvents, Hybrid nanocomposites, Morphological properties, Nano-composite layers, Nanocomposites, Octadecene, Optical characterization, Photoluminescence, Photoluminescence quenching, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Poly(N-vinylcarbazole), Quenching, Semiconductor quantum dots, Single-source precursor, Transmission electron microscopy, Transport properties, UV-vis absorptions |
| Abstract | In this work we studied the optical and transport properties of hybrid nanocomposites of CdS quantum dots (QDs) and poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) polymer. The CdS QDs were prepared by thermal decomposition (thermolysis) of a single source precursor, Cd bis-thiolate, in a high boiling solvent, octadecene (ODE). The optical characterization of the QDs has been carried out by UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy while the morphological properties have been investigated atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The analyses have shown that CdS QDs of diameter below 6 nm can be synthesized by such route with good light emission in the UV range. The QDs have been dispersed in a poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) matrix to obtain a PVK:CdS nanocomposite layers. An increase of conductivity and a quenching of the photoluminescence have been observed when the nanocomposite layer was inserted in ITO/PVK:CdS/Al structures. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. |
| Notes | cited By 5 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84861725760&doi=10.1016%2fj.physe.2012.01.026&partnerID=40&md5=144ec99c3a5d91e608b0c4034ddee9b9 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physe.2012.01.026 |
| Citation Key | Masala20121272 |
