Breaking the phonon bottleneck in PbSe and CdSe quantum dots: Time-domain density functional theory of charge carrier relaxation

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Kilina, Svetlana V ^a   Kilin, Dmitri S ^a   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron phonon relaxation; Multiple excitons; Quantum dots; Solar cells; Time domain density functional theory

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO STUDIES; CDSE QDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE CARRIER RELAXATIONS; ELECTRON PHONONS; ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLINGS; ELECTRON-PHONON RELAXATION; ELECTRONIC LEVELS; FAST RELAXATIONS; MULTIPLE EXCITONS; NANO-MATERIALS; PHONON BOTTLENECKS; QUANTUM DOTS; SPATIAL CONFINEMENTS; SURFACE EFFECTS; TIME-DOMAIN DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 61849092033     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800674n     Document Type: Article

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