Sub-bandgap emission and intraband defect-related excited-state dynamics in colloidal CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots revealed by femtosecond pump-dump-probe spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 24102-24109

  Kraatz, Ingvar T ^a   Booth, Matthew ^a   Whitaker, Benjamin J ^a   Nix, Michael G D ^a   Critchley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CORE/SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECOND PUMPS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SUBPICOSECOND DYNAMICS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84908072307     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5065374     Document Type: Article

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