Ultrafast charge transfer from CdSe quantum dots to p-type NiO: Hole injection vs hole trapping

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 18462-18471

  Zheng, Kaibo ^a   Žídek, Karel ^a   Abdellah, Mohamed ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chábera, Pavel ^a   Lenngren, Nils ^a   Yartsev, Arkady ^a   Pullerits, Tõnu ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOLE TRAPS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; DRIVING FORCES; HOLE INJECTION; HOLE TRAPPING; MARCUS THEORY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TIME-RESOLVED ABSORPTION;

ELECTRON INJECTION;

EID: 84906266068     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506963q     Document Type: Article

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