Size-dependent exciton recombination dynamics in single CdS nanowires beyond the quantum confinement regime

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10716-10722

  Liu, Xinfeng ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Xing, Guichuan ^a,c   Xiong, Qihua ^a,b   Sum, Tze Chien ^a,c,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Singapore Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy (SinBeRISE)   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE RECOMBINATION; EXCITON RECOMBINATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

DYNAMICS; EXCITONS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84878139160     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312850w     Document Type: Article

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