Single-particle studies of band alignment effects on electron transfer dynamics from semiconductor hetero-nanostructures to single-walled carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-182

  Yuan, Chi Tsu ^a   Wang, Yong Gang ^a   Huang, Kuo Yen ^a   Chen, Ting Yu ^a   Yu, Pyng ^a   Tang, Jau ^a   Sitt, Amit ^b   Banin, Uri ^b   Millo, Oded ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; colloidal nanocrystals; single molecule spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENTS; CDSE/CDS; CDSE/ZNS CORE/SHELL; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER DYNAMICS; HETERO-NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC OPERATION; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-PARTICLE; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING;

ALIGNMENT; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANOCRYSTALS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84856161716     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2036957     Document Type: Article

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