Apparent versus true carrier multiplication yields in semiconductor nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2049-2057

  McGuire, John A ^a   Sykora, Milan ^a   Joo, Jin ^a   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; Carrier multiplication; Charge separation; Charged exciton; PbSe nanocrystals; Time resolved photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGED EXCITONS; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

AUGERS; EXCITONS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 77953303309     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl100177c     Document Type: Article

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