Probing Exciton Move and Localization in Solution-Grown Colloidal CdSexS1-x Alloyed Nanowires by Temperature- and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 22709-22717

  Yang, Gaoling ^a   Ma, Zongwei ^b   Zhong, Haizheng ^a   Zou, Shuangyang ^a   Chen, Cheng ^b   Han, Junbo ^b   Zou, Bingsuo ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; LASER RADIATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SURFACE DEFECTS; TEMPERATURE;

COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTORS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; SURFACE-DEFECT EMISSIONS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84944345413     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07198     Document Type: Article

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