Sizable photocurrent and emission from solid state devices based on CdS nanoparticles
- 16 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 72 (11) , 1335-1337
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.120986
Abstract
CdS nanoparticles exhibit size dependent optical and electrical properties. We report here the photocurrent and characteristic studies of CdS nanoparticle devices. A sizable short circuit photocurrent was observed in the detection range governed by the size of the clusters. We speculate on the mechanisms leading to the photocurrent and emission in these nanometer scale systems.
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