Effects of lattice strain and band offset on electron transfer rates in type-II nanorod heterostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1094-1098

  McDaniel, Hunter ^a   Pelton, Matthew ^b   Oh, Nuri ^a   Shim, Moonsub ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND OFFSETS; CDSE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGE-SEPARATION; CONDUCTION BAND OFFSET; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; LATTICE STRAIN; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; STRAIN EFFECT;

ALLOYING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANORODS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84860516658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300275f     Document Type: Article

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