Exciton escape in CdSe core-shell quantum dots: Implications for the development of nanocrystal solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  De Sousa, J S ^a   Freire, J A K ^a   Farias, G A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 35648980596     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155317     Document Type: Article

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