Surface charge and piezoelectric fields control auger recombination in semiconductor nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4067-4073

  Jiang, Zhong Jie ^a   Kelley, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger; Nanocrystal; piezoelectric; state mixing

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; BIEXCITONS; CDSE NANOPARTICLES; CONDUCTION BAND LEVELS; CONDUCTION-BAND STATE; EXCITED PARTICLES; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERNAL FIELD; LATTICE-MISMATCHED; MOMENTUM CONSERVATIONS; PARTICLE SURFACE; PIEZO-ELECTRIC FIELDS; PIEZOELECTRIC; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SHELL MATERIALS; STATE MIXING; VALENCE BAND STATE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NANOCRYSTALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACES;

AUGERS;

EID: 80054033641     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201052r     Document Type: Article

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