Slow electron cooling dynamics mediated by electron-hole decoupling in highly luminescent CdSxSe1- x alloy quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10785-10792

  Maity, Partha ^a   Debnath, Tushar ^a   Ghosh, Hirendra N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; CHARGE CARRIER BEHAVIORS; CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHARGE RECOMBINATION REACTIONS; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84929377858     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03603     Document Type: Article

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