Subpicosecond Exciton Dynamics and Biexcitonic Feature in Colloidal CuInS2 Nanocrystals: Role of In-Cu Antisite Defects

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3458-3465

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

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; biexciton; CuInS2 (CIS) NCs; electron cooling; In Cu antisite donor state; internal defect state

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; BINDING ENERGY; COOLING; DEFECTS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC STATES; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POINT DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; BIEXCITONS; DONOR STATE; ELECTRON COOLING; INTERNAL DEFECTS;

ELECTRONIC COOLING;

COLLOID; COPPER; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; COLLOID;

COLLOIDS; COPPER; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84941313223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01767     Document Type: Article

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