Thermal quenching mechanisms in II-VI semiconductor nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7902-7913

  Cai, Xichen ^a   Martin, James E ^b   Shea Rohwer, Lauren E ^b   Gong, Ke ^a   Kelley, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTOR; LUMINESCENCE LIFETIME; NONRADIATIVE PROCESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE; VALENCE-BAND ELECTRONS;

DYNAMICS; LIGANDS; PHOTOEXCITATION; VALENCE BANDS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 84876565966     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400688g     Document Type: Article

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