Charge separation in the hybrid cdse nanocrystal-organic interface: Role of the ligands studied by ultrafast spectroscopy and density functional theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5969-5974

  Virgili, Tersilla ^a   Calzolari, Arrigo ^b   Suárez López, Inmaculada ^a   Vercelli, Barbara ^b   Zotti, Gianni ^b   Catellani, Alessandra ^b   Ruini, Alice ^b   Tassone, Francesco ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC/INORGANIC INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PUMP-PROBE EXPERIMENTS; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALS; SEPARATION;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 84875433996     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311621s     Document Type: Article

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