Carrier dynamics in highly quantum-confined, colloidal indium antimonide nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8513-8519

  Chang, Angela Y ^a   Liu, Wenyong ^b   Talapin, Dmitri V ^b,c   Schaller, Richard D ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; indium antimonide; InSb; intraband relaxation; nanocrystal quantum dots; semiconductor nanocrystals; transient absorption

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; NANOCRYSTALS; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RED SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTING ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; INDIUM ANTIMONIDE; INSB; INTRABAND RELAXATION; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84906712041     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5031274     Document Type: Article

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