Enhanced Charge Separation in an Epitaxial Metal-Semiconductor Nanohybrid Material Anchored with an Organic Molecule

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 22181-22189

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

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; GOLD ALLOYS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHARGE SEPARATION PROCESS; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; STEADY-STATE ABSORPTION; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSIONS;

GOLD;

EID: 84942531773     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06055     Document Type: Article

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