Importance of polaronic effects for charge transport in cdse quantum dot solids

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1335-1340

  Prodanović, Nikola ^a,b   Vukmirović, Nenad ^b   Ikonić, Zoran ^a   Harrison, Paul ^c   Indjin, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

band transport; electron phonon interaction; hopping; mobility; nanocrystal solids; small polarons

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BAND TRANSPORT; CHARGE-CARRIER TRANSPORT; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; HOPPING; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; SMALL POLARON HOPPING; SMALL POLARONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

POLARONS;

EID: 84898986427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500086c     Document Type: Article

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