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Hot electron and hole dynamics in thiol-capped CdSe quantum dots revealed by 2D electronic spectroscopy

Lenngren, Nils LU ; Abdellah, Mohamed A. LU ; Zheng, Kaibo LU ; Al-Marri, Mohammed J. ; Zigmantas, Donatas LU orcid ; Zidek, Karel LU and Pullerits, Tõnu LU (2016) In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18(37). p.26199-26204
Abstract

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have attracted interest as materials for opto-electronic applications, wherein their efficient energy use requires the understanding of carrier relaxation. In QDs capped by bifunctional thiols, used to attach the QDs to a surface, the relaxation is complicated by carrier traps. Using 2D spectroscopy at 77 K, we follow excitations in thiol-capped CdSe QDs with state specificity and high time resolution. We unambiguously identify the lowest state as an optically allowed hole trap, and identify an electron trap with excited-state absorption. The presence of traps changes the initial dynamics entirely by offering a different relaxation channel. 2D electronic spectroscopy enables us to pinpoint correlations... (More)

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have attracted interest as materials for opto-electronic applications, wherein their efficient energy use requires the understanding of carrier relaxation. In QDs capped by bifunctional thiols, used to attach the QDs to a surface, the relaxation is complicated by carrier traps. Using 2D spectroscopy at 77 K, we follow excitations in thiol-capped CdSe QDs with state specificity and high time resolution. We unambiguously identify the lowest state as an optically allowed hole trap, and identify an electron trap with excited-state absorption. The presence of traps changes the initial dynamics entirely by offering a different relaxation channel. 2D electronic spectroscopy enables us to pinpoint correlations between states and to easily separate relaxation from different starting states. We observe the direct rapid trapping of 1S3/2, 2S3/2, and 1S1/2 holes, and several competing electron relaxation processes from the 1Pe state.

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1463-9076
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10.1039/c6cp04190f
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  author       = {{Lenngren, Nils and Abdellah, Mohamed A. and Zheng, Kaibo and Al-Marri, Mohammed J. and Zigmantas, Donatas and Zidek, Karel and Pullerits, Tõnu}},
  issn         = {{1463-9076}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{37}},
  pages        = {{26199--26204}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics}},
  title        = {{Hot electron and hole dynamics in thiol-capped CdSe quantum dots revealed by 2D electronic spectroscopy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp04190f}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c6cp04190f}},
  volume       = {{18}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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