Multiple exciton generation and recombination dynamics in small Si and CdSe quantum dots: An ab initio time-domain study

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1239-1250

  Hyeon Deuk, Kim ^a   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger inverse Auger processes; electron phonon coupling; multiple exciton generation; multiple exciton recombination; quantum dots; solar energy conversion

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AUGER PROCESS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; DENSITY OF STATE; DYNAMICAL REGIME; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; GAUSSIANS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MULTIPLE EXCITON; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; NONADIABATIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SUPERPOSITION; RATE THEORY; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QDS; SINGLE EXCITONS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-DOMAIN REPRESENTATION; TIME-SCALES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; PHOTOEXCITATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84857693062     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2038884     Document Type: Article

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