Ultrafast Charge Carrier Delocalization in CdSe/CdS Quasi-Type II and CdS/CdSe Inverted Type i Core-Shell: A Structural Analysis through Carrier-Quenching Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 26202-26211

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

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE CARRIERS; CLEANING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; QUENCHING;

BAND-EDGE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; CARRIER LOCALIZATION; CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; INVERTED CORE SHELLS; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND EMISSION; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84947983020     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08913     Document Type: Article

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