Ultrafast photoinduced dynamics in quantum dot-based systems for light harvesting

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2125-2142

  Zheng, Kaibo ^a   Karki, Khadga ^a   Žídek, Karel ^a   Pullerits, Tõnu ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

colloidal quantum dots; core shell quantum dots; electron transfer; energy transfer; quantum dot solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937966500     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0751-9     Document Type: Article

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