Transition from thermodynamic to kinetic-limited excitonic energy migration in colloidal quantum dot solids

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7894-7900

  Poulikakos, Lisa V ^a,b   Prins, Ferry ^a   Tisdale, William A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; KINETICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; SITE ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; SITE-TO-SITE HOPPING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84898944489     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502961v     Document Type: Article

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