Molecular-structure control of ultrafast electron injection at cationic porphyrin-CdTe quantum dot interfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 791-795

  Aly, Shawkat M ^a,b   Ahmed, Ghada H ^a   Shaheen, Basamat S ^a   Sun, Jingya ^a   Mohammed, Omar F ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cationic porphyrin; CdTe quantum dots; femtochemistry; interfacial charge transfer; time resolved laser spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALS; PORPHYRINS; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CATIONIC PORPHYRIN; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS; FEMTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; TIME-RESOLVED;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84929164459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00235     Document Type: Article

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