Ultrafast hole/electron transfer dynamics in a CdSe quantum dot sensitized by pyrogallol red: A super-sensitization system

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16358-16365

  Singhal, Pallavi ^a   Ghosh, Hirendra N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; POSITIVE IONS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

PHOTOEXCITATION;

EID: 84904442090     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408727a     Document Type: Article

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