Long-lived photoexcited carrier dynamics of d - D excitations in spinel ordered Co3O4

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3426-3432

  Waegele, Matthias M ^a   Doan, Hoang Q ^a   Cuk, Tanja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; PHOTOEXCITATION; TRANSITION METALS;

CHARGE-TRANSFER EXCITATIONS; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; LIGAND-TO-METAL CHARGE TRANSFERS; METAL-TO-METAL CHARGE TRANSFERS; NANOSECOND TIME SCALE; ORDERED TRANSITION METALS; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; RECOMBINATION CENTERS;

TRANSITION METAL OXIDES;

EID: 84894590820     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4113443     Document Type: Article

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