Near-unity quantum yield in semiconducting nanostructures: Structural understanding leading to energy efficient applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3544-3549

  Saha, Avijit ^a   Chellappan, Kishore V ^a   Narayan, K S ^a   Ghatak, Jay ^a   Datta, Ranjan ^a   Viswanatha, Ranjani ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; core shell interface; defects; efficient light emitting diodes; near unity quantum yield

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CORE-SHELL INTERFACE; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMICONDUCTING NANOSTRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL UNDERSTANDING;

DEFECTS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM YIELD;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84885994475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401958u     Document Type: Article

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