Origin of dual photoluminescence states in ZnS-CuInS2 alloy nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10641-10646

  Zaiats, Gary ^a   Kinge, Sachin ^b   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Advanced Technology 1 Division   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITED STATES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ABSORBING STATE; ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; EMISSION MECHANISM; EMISSION PROPERTIES; EMISSION SPECTRA POINT; EMISSIVE STATE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSIONS;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84971331438     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01905     Document Type: Article

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