Multiple exciton generation in nano-crystals revisited: Consistent calculation of the yield based on pump-probe spectroscopy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karki, Khadga J ^a   Ma, Fei ^a,c   Zheng, Kaibo ^a   Zidek, Karel ^a   Mousa, Abdelrazek ^a,d   Abdellah, Mohamed A ^a,b   Messing, Maria E ^a   Wallenberg, L Reine ^a   Yartsev, Arkadi ^a   Pullerits, Tõnu ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84881356632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02287     Document Type: Article

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