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A retrospective overview of electrochemical studies of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) is given. The electrochemical behavior of monodisperse NCs in a non-aqueous supporting electrolyte can be derived from the electron quasiparticle energy and the electron self-energy. Coulomb blockade can sometimes be observed in Si NCs if the charged NCs are stable. Many NCs, such as Ge, CdS, CdSe, PbS and core-shell CdSe/ZnS undergo some electrochemical and chemical reactions such as the so-called EC reaction mechanism. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) processes for elemental and II/VI compound NCs in solution (and their films) are found to follow the general ECL mechanisms of organic compounds. Most NCs emit ECL, which is red-shifted into the photoluminescence (PL) region. ECL studies of NC solid-state films, especially the combination of organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and NCs, have suggested the potential for real workable devices. Treated CdSe NC thin films also exhibit stable and fast electrochromic changes and ECL.
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The contributions of Bernadette M. Quinn, Santosh K. Haram, Brian A. Korgel, Lindsay E. Pell, Mihai Buda, Gregory Kalyuzhny and Yoonjung Bae are greatly acknowledged. We thank Paul Barbara, F.-R. F. Fan, Rebecca Y. Lai, Zhonghua Yu, Janine Mauzeroll, Ilwhan Oh, and Jai-Pil Choi for their valuable discussions.
Financial support of this project by the National Science Foundation (CHE 0202136) and the Robert A. Welch Foundation is greatly appreciated. ZFD wishes to thank the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT), the Premier's Research Excellence Award (PREA) and the University of Western Ontario (Academic Development Fund (ADF) and a Start-up Fund) for their financial support. He would also thank the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) for a visiting professorship in 2003.
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Bard, A.J., Ding, Z., Myung, N. Electrochemistry and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Solutions and in Films . In: Peng, X., Mingos, D.M.P. (eds) Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Silicate Nanoparticles. Structure and Bonding, vol 118. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b137239
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