Photocatalysis from fluorescence-quenched CdSe/Au nanoheterostructures: A size-dependent study

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1909-1916

  Soni, Udit ^a   Tripathy, Puspanjali ^a   Sapra, Sameer ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

CdSe Au; electron transfer; nanoheterostructures; photocatalysis; QD Au

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

CDSE; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; EXCITED ELECTRONS; NANO-HETEROSTRUCTURES; QD/AU; TIME RESOLVED STUDIES;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84902108739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5006863     Document Type: Article

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