Observation of biexcitons in nanocrystal solids in the presence of photocharging

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4799-4809

  Cihan, Ahmet Fatih ^a   Hernandez Martinez, Pedro Ludwig ^a,b   Kelestemur, Yusuf ^a   Mutlugun, Evren ^a,b   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biexciton; multiexciton generation; multiexciton recombination; semiconductor quantum dots; time resolved fluorescence; trion

Indexed keywords

BIEXCITONS; MULTIEXCITON GENERATION; MULTIEXCITONS; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; TRION;

KINETICS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84879676228     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305259g     Document Type: Article

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