Thermal activation of non-radiative Auger recombination in charged colloidal nanocrystals

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-212

  Javaux, C ^a   Mahler, B ^a   Dubertret, B ^a   Shabaev, A ^b   Rodina, A V ^c   Efros, Al L ^d   Yakovlev, D R ^c,e   Liu, F ^e   Bayer, M ^f   Camps, G ^f   Biadala, L ^f   Buil, S ^f   Quelin, X ^f   Hermier, J P ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COLLOIDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM YIELD; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL ACTIVATION; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NANOCRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; AUGER RECOMBINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84874667384     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.260     Document Type: Article

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