Ultrafast electron injection, hole transfer, and charge recombination dynamics in CdSe QD super-sensitized re(I)-polypyridyl complexes with catechol and resorcinol moiety: Effect of coupling

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3522-3529

  Debnath, Tushar ^a   Maity, Partha ^a   Banerjee, Tanmay ^b   Das, Amitava ^b   Ghosh, Hirendra N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b National Chemical Laboratotry   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTION BANDS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLECULES; PHENOLS; POSITIVE IONS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON INJECTION;

RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84923367683     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5122068     Document Type: Article

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