Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Type II ZnSe/CdS/ZnSe Nanobarbells

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• 作者：Nishshanka N. Hewa-Kasakarage ; Patrick Z. El-Khoury ; Alexander N. Tarnovsky ; Maria Kirsanova ; Ian Nemitz ; Alexander Nemchinov ; Mikhail Zamkov
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：April 27, 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：4
• 期：4
• 页码：1837-1844
• 全文大小：439K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1936-086X

文摘

We employ femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to get an insight into ultrafast processes occurring at the interface of type II ZnSe/CdS heterostructured nanocrystals fabricated via colloidal routes and comprising a barbell-like arrangement of ZnSe tips and CdS nanorods. Our study shows that resonant excitation of ZnSe tips results in an unprecedently fast transfer of excited electrons into CdS domains of nanobarbells (<0.35 ps), whereas selective pumping of CdS components leads to a relatively slow injection of photoinduced holes into ZnSe tips (τ_h= 95 ps). A qualitative thermodynamic description of observed electron processes within the classical limit of Marcus theory was used to identify a specific charge transfer regime associated with the ultrafast electron injection into CdS. Potential photocatalytic applications of the observed fast separation of carriers along the main axis of ZnSe/CdS barbells are discussed.