Ultrafast charge-and energy-transfer dynamics in conjugated polymer: Cadmium selenide nanocrystal blends

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1647-1654

  Morgenstern, Frederik S F ^a   Rao, Akshay ^a   Böhm, Marcus L ^a   Kist, René J P ^a   Vaynzof, Yana ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CdSe; charge transfer; hybrid; nanocrystals; photoluminescence; photovoltaics; polymer; transient absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894612232     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405978f     Document Type: Article

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