Hot electron injection from graphene quantum dots to TiO2

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1388-1394

  Williams, Kenrick J ^a   Nelson, Cory A ^a,b   Yan, Xin ^c   Li, Liang Shi ^c   Zhu, Xiaoyang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; graphene quantum dots; hot carrier solar cells; hot electrons

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MATERIALS; BENZENE RING; CARBOXYL LINKER; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DECAY CHANNELS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE; HOT CARRIER SOLAR CELLS; MAXIMUM POWER; PHOTON ENERGY; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIO; TRANSIENT ELECTRIC FIELDS; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON INJECTION;

BENZENE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMOPHORES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON INJECTION; HOT ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GRAPHITE; HOT TEMPERATURE; QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84874436239     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305080c     Document Type: Article

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