Excitation Energy Dependence of the Photoluminescence Quantum Yields of Core and Core/Shell Quantum Dots

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• 作者：Jessica Hoy ; Paul J. Morrison ; Lindsey K. Steinberg ; William E. Buhro ; Richard A. Loomis
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：June 20, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：4
• 期：12
• 页码：2053-2060
• 全文大小：432K
• 年卷期：v.4,no.12(June 20, 2013)
• ISSN：1948-7185

文摘

The photoluminescence (PL) intensity of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) is routinely monitored to track the chemical and physical properties within a sample or device incorporating the QDs. A dependence of the PL quantum yields (QYs) on the excitation energy could lead to erroneous conclusions but is commonly not considered. We summarize previous evidence and present results from two methodologies that confirm the possibility of a dependence of the PL QYs on the excitation energy. The data presented indicate that PL QYs of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS QDs suspended in toluene are highest for excitation just above the band gap, E_g, of each. The PL QYs decrease with increasing excitation energies up to 1 eV above E_g. The PL intensity decay profiles recorded for these samples at varying emission and excitation energies indicate that the changes in the PL QYs result from the nonradiative relaxation pathways sampled as the charge carriers relax down to the band edge.