Ultrafast carrier dynamics in type II ZnSe/CdS/ZnSe nanobarbells

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1837-1844

  Hewa Kasakarage, Nishshanka N ^a   El Khoury, Patrick Z ^a   Tarnovsky, Alexander N ^a   Kirsanova, Maria ^a   Nemitz, Ian ^a   Nemchinov, Alexander ^a   Zamkov, Mikhail ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocrystals; Nanorods; Photovoltaics; Solar cells; Type II

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS NANOROD; CLASSICAL LIMITS; ELECTRON PROCESS; EXCITED ELECTRONS; FAST SEPARATION; FAST TRANSFER; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MARCUS THEORY; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESONANT EXCITATION; THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION; TYPE II; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON INJECTION; ULTRAFAST PROCESS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ION EXCHANGE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77951735605     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100229x     Document Type: Article

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