Calculation of the quantum efficiency for the absorption on confinement levels in quantum dots

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1605-1612

  Iancu, Vladimir ^a   Mitroi, Mihai Razvan ^a   Lepadatu, Ana Maria ^b   Stavarache, Ionel ^b   Ciurea, Magdalena Lidia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Light absorption; Quantum confinement; Quantum dots; Quantum efficiency; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; ELECTRON CONFINEMENT; FAR INFRARED; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MANY-BODY EFFECT; MATRIX; NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; RECTANGULAR QUANTUM WELLS; SPHERICAL QUANTUM DOT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THRESHOLD SHIFTS;

ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS SILICON; EFFICIENCY; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICA;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 79956127831     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-9913-6     Document Type: Article

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