Resonant energy transfer of triplet excitons from pentacene to PbSe nanocrystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1033-1038

  Tabachnyk, Maxim ^a   Ehrler, Bruno ^a   Gélinas, Simon ^a   Böhm, Marcus L ^a   Walker, Brian J ^a   Musselman, Kevin P ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a   Rao, Akshay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT-EMITTING STRUCTURES; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC OPERATION; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; TRIPLET EXCITONS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84919913116     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4093     Document Type: Article

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