Effect of excited-state structural relaxation on midgap excitations in Co2+-doped ZnO quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 13152-13156

  May, Joseph W ^a   Ma, Jiao ^a   Badaeva, Ekaterina ^a   Li, Xiaosong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER TRANSITIONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER EXCITED STATE; EFFECTIVE-MASS THEORY; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXCITED-STATE GEOMETRIES; GEOMETRY RELAXATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84903198988     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501360d     Document Type: Article

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