Enhanced carrier multiplication in engineered quasi-type-II quantum dots

Cirloganu, Claudiu M.; Padilha, Lazaro A.; Lin, Qianglu; Makarov, Nikolay S.; Velizhanin, Kirill A.; Luo, Hongmei; Robel, Istvan; Pietryga, Jeffrey M.; Klimov, Victor I.

doi:10.1038/ncomms5148

Title: Enhanced carrier multiplication in engineered quasi-type-II quantum dots

Journal Article · Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5148· OSTI ID:1385563

Cirloganu, Claudiu M.; Padilha, Lazaro A.; Lin, Qianglu; Makarov, Nikolay S.; Velizhanin, Kirill A.; Luo, Hongmei; Robel, Istvan; Pietryga, Jeffrey M.; Klimov, Victor I.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1385563

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 5; Related Information: CASP partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory (lead); University of California, Irvine; University of Colorado; Colorado School of Mines; George Mason University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of Minnesota; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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