Publication
Title
Interfacial oxidation and photoluminescence of InP-Based core/shell quantum dots
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Abstract
Indium phosphide colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are emerging as an efficient cadmium-free alternative for optoelectronic applications. Recently, syntheses based on easy-to-implement aminophosphine precursors have been developed. We show by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy that this new approach allows oxide-free indium phosphide core or core/shell quantum dots to be made. Importantly, the oxide-free core/shell interface does not help in achieving higher luminescence efficiencies. We demonstrate that in the case of InP/ZnS and InP/ZnSe QDs, a more pronounced oxidation concurs with a higher photoluminescence efficiency. This study suggests that a II-VI shell on a III-V core generates an interface prone to defects. The most efficient InP/ZnS or InP/ZnSe QDs are therefore made with an oxide buffer layer between the core and the shell: it passivates these interface defects but also results in a somewhat broader emission line width.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Chemistry of materials / American Chemical Society. - Washington, D.C., 1989, currens
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2018
ISSN
0897-4756 [print]
1520-5002 [online]
DOI
10.1021/ACS.CHEMMATER.8B03117
Volume/pages
30 :19 (2018) , p. 6877-6883
ISI
000447237800031
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
PHONSI: Nanophotonics by Nanocrystals, from integration to single photon operation
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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