Fluorescence Blinking and Photoactivation of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals CsPbBr3 and CsPbBr2I

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 266-271

  Seth, Sudipta ^a   Mondal, Navendu ^a   Patra, Satyajit ^a,b   Samanta, Anunay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PEROVSKITE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; EMISSION BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE BLINKING; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; NON-RADIATIVE DEACTIVATION; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOINDUCED EMISSION;

IODINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84955492517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02639     Document Type: Article

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