Multiple exciton generation in colloidal silicon nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2506-2512

  Beard, Matthew C ^a   Knutsen, Kelly P ^a   Yu, Pingrong ^a,b   Luther, Joseph M ^a,c   Song, Qing ^a   Metzger, Wyatt K ^a   Ellingson, Randy J ^a   Nozik, Arthur J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Innovalight Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; EXCITONS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM YIELD; SILICON; TOXICITY;

EARTH'S CRUST; MULTIPLE EXCITON GENERATION; PHOTON ENERGY; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOMATERIAL; PROTON; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTONS; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548148521     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071486l     Document Type: Article

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