Molecule-like CdSe nanoclusters passivated with strongly interacting ligands: Energy level alignment and photoinduced ultrafast charge transfer processes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2813-2821

  Xie, Yizhou ^a   Teunis, Meghan B ^c   Pandit, Bill ^a,b   Sardar, Rajesh ^c   Liu, Jinjun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; MOLECULES; NANOCLUSTERS; PASSIVATION; PUMPING (LASER); SOLAR CELLS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; HOT-CARRIER RELAXATION; MULTIPLE EXCITON GENERATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCLUSTERS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84949135312     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510276c     Document Type: Article

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