High efficiency carrier multiplication in PbSe nanocrystals: Implications for solar energy conversion

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Schaller, R D ^a   Klimov, V I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; LIGHTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODIODES; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLAR ENERGY;

IMPACT IONIZATION (II); NANOCRYSTALS (NC); TRANSIENT ABSORPTION (TA);

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2942696438     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.186601     Document Type: Article

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