Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Various Aniline Derivatives to Graphene Quantum Dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 11783-11790

  Ghosh, Tufan ^a   Chatterjee, Swarupa ^a   Prasad, Edamana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; FREE ENERGY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLYSIS; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIMOLECULAR RATE CONSTANTS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; LUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84948951871     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08522     Document Type: Article

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