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Title: Determination of heterojunction band offsets between CdS bulk and PbS quantum dots using photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897301· OSTI ID:22350786
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  1. Department of Nanomechatronics, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-350 (Korea, Republic of)

Photoelectron spectroscopy was used to measure the energy discontinuity in the valence band (ΔE{sub V}) of a CdS/PbS quantum dot (QD) heterojunction for which the PbS QD layer was deposited using solution based layer-by-layer dip coating method on top of RF magnetron sputtered CdS. A value of ΔE{sub V} = 1.73 eV was obtained using the Cd 3d and Pb 4f energy levels as references. Given the band gap energies of the CdS and PbS-QD layers, the conduction band offset ΔE{sub C} was determined to be 0.71 eV.

OSTI ID:
22350786
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 13; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English