Study of relaxation dynamics of photogenerated excitons in CuInS 2 quantum dots

MRS Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Singh, Inderpreet ^a   Madan, S ^b   Kaur, A ^b   Kumar, J ^b   Bhatnagar, P K ^b   Mathur, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; EMISSION PEAKS; EXCITONIC LEVELS; FORBIDDEN GAPS; PHOTOGENERATED EXCITONS; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; STOKES SHIFT;

RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84897372359     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2014.5     Document Type: Article

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