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Using the spectral methods of induced absorption, luminescence, and photostimulated luminescence flash, we have experimentally investigated processes of decay of electronic excitations in CdS colloidal quantum dots and in CdS/ZnS “core-shell” systems synthesized in gelatin by the sol-gel method. It has been shown that the decay of electronic excitations in colloidal quantum dots of this type is predominantly related to a fast localization of nonequilibrium charge carriers on surface defects and their subsequent recombination during times on the order of units and tens of picoseconds. The passage to core-shell systems eliminates, to a large extent, surface defects of the core, some of which are luminescence centers. However, upon using the sol-gel synthesis, a noticeable fraction of luminescence centers are formed in the interior of the CdS quantum dot, which, as well as in the case of CdS/ZnS systems, ensures localization of exciton, blocks its direct annihilation, and maintains recombination radiation.
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Original Russian Text © M.S. Smirnov, D.I. Stasel’ko, O.V. Ovchinnikov, A.N. Latyshev, O.V. Buganov, S.A. Tikhomirov, A.S. Perepelitsa, 2013, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2013, Vol. 115, No. 5, pp. 737–746.
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Smirnov, M.S., Stasel’ko, D.I., Ovchinnikov, O.V. et al. Decay of electronic excitations in CdS and CdS/ZnS colloidal quantum dots: spectral and kinetic investigations. Opt. Spectrosc. 115, 651–659 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X13110246
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