Multiple exciton generation in small Si clusters: A high-level, ab initio study

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 232-237

  Fischer, Sean A ^a   Madrid, Angeline B ^a   Isborn, Christine M ^b   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Dynamics; Excited states

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO STUDY; CLUSTERS; ELECTRON HOLE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH ENERGY STATE; MULTIPLE EXCITON; PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY; SI CLUSTERS; SI NANOCLUSTER; SINGLE EXCITONS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS;

SILICON;

EID: 77149150369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900097e     Document Type: Article

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