Size- and Shape-Dependent Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Sub-micron Cuprous Oxide Nanoparticles
Sunil Gyawali, Ravi Teja Addanki Tirumala, Marimuthu Andiappan, Alan D. Bristow
Abstract
The rate equation associated with recombination dynamics of photoexcited charge carriers in Cu 2 O nanostructures shows Auger scattering occurs readily in smaller particles and that particle shape affects the onset of higher-order recombination mechanisms.
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