Non-radiative electron-hole recombination in silicon clusters: Ab initio non-adiabatic molecular dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 20702-20709

  Liu, Jin ^a   Neukirch, Amanda J ^a   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; NON-RADIATIVE LIFETIMES; NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION; NONADIABATIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84949115850     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5067296     Document Type: Article

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