Tailoring p-Type Behavior in ZnO Quantum Dots through Enhanced Sol–Gel Synthesis: Mechanistic Insights into Zinc Vacancies

Kahraman, Abdullah; Socie, Etienne; Nazari, Maryam; Kazazis, Dimitrios; Buldu-Akturk, Merve; Kabanova, Victoria; Biasin, Elisa; Smolentsev, Grigory; Grolimund, Daniel; Erdem, Emre; Moser, Jacques E.; Cannizzo, Andrea; Bacellar, Camila; Milne, Christopher

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03519

Title: Tailoring p-Type Behavior in ZnO Quantum Dots through Enhanced Sol–Gel Synthesis: Mechanistic Insights into Zinc Vacancies

Journal Article · 06 February 2024 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03519 · OSTI ID:2290381

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Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rte Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Tuzla 34956 Istanbul, Turkey
Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
European XFEL GmbH, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany

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