Ultrafast Charge Transfer and Trapping Dynamics in a Colloidal Mixture of Similarly Charged CdTe Quantum Dots and Silver Nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 650-658

  Mondal, Navendu ^a   Samanta, Anunay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITONS; INFRARED DEVICES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MIXTURES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM THEORY; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY;

CDTE QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); CHARGE CARRIER TRAPPING; CHARGE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; VISIBLE NEAR INFRARED REGIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84954418465     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08630     Document Type: Article

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