Charge separation and recombination in CdTe/CdSe core/shell nanocrystals as a function of shell coverage: Probing the onset of the quasi type-II regime

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2530-2535

  Chuang, Chi Hung ^a   Lo, Shun S ^b   Scholes, Gregory D ^b   Burda, Clemens ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; FEMTOSECONDS; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; RED-SHIFTED; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STATES; ION EXCHANGE; MONOLAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77956328602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1008399     Document Type: Article

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