The effect of the charge-separating interface on exciton dynamics in photocatalytic colloidal heteronanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8156-8165

  O'Connor, Timothy ^a   Panov, Maxim S ^a   Mereshchenko, Andrey ^a   Tarnovsky, Alexander N ^a   Lorek, Ryan ^a   Perera, Dimuthu ^a   Diederich, Geoffrey ^a   Lambright, Scott ^a   Moroz, Pavel ^a   Zamkov, Mikhail ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; dye sensitized; nanorods; photovoltaics; Schottky; solids; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CDS NANOROD; DYE SENSITIZED; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; EXCITON DYNAMICS; HETERONANOCRYSTALS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SCHOTTKY; THREE COMPONENT; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYSIS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYNAMICS; EXCITONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATINUM; SEPARATION; SOLIDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRONS;

NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; COLLOIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84866693788     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302810y     Document Type: Article

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