Inverting transient absorption data to determine transfer rates in quantum dot-TiO2 heterostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6337-6343

  Senty, Tess R ^a   Cushing, Scott K ^a   Wang, Congjun ^b   Matranga, Christopher ^b   Bristow, Alan D ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AUGERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHARGE-TRANSFER RATE; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; NONEXPONENTIAL RELAXATION; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION DATA; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

DATA TRANSFER RATES;

EID: 84925263361     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512500g     Document Type: Article

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