Unravelling the size and temperature dependence of exciton lifetimes in colloidal ZnSe quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 23313-23319

  Eilers, Joren ^a   Van Hest, Jacobine ^a   Meijerink, Andries ^a   Donega, Celso De Mello ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; EXCITONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BAND-EDGE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; COLLOIDAL ZNSE QUANTUM DOTS; CONFINED ACOUSTIC PHONONS; ENERGY SEPARATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE REGIMES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84949117174     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5038238     Document Type: Article

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