Proceedings of nanoGe Fall Meeting 2018 (NFM18)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2018.203
Publication date: 6th July 2018
The dynamics of photoluminescence (PL) from nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) is significantly affected by reversible trapping of photo-excited charge carriers. This process occurs after up to 50% of the absorption events, depending on the type of QD considered, and can extend the time between photo-excitation and relaxation of the QD by orders of magnitude. Although many opto-electronic applications require QDs assembled into a QD solid, until now reversible trapping has been studied only in (ensembles of) spatially separated QDs. Here, we study the influence of reversible trapping on the excited-state dynamics of CdSe/CdS core/shell QDs when they are assembled into close-packed “supraparticles”. Time- and spectrally resolved PL measurements reveal competition between spontaneous emission, reversible charge carrier trapping, and Förster resonance energy transfer between the QDs. While Förster transfer causes the PL to redshift over the first 20–50 ns after excitation, reversible trapping stops and even reverses this trend at later times. We can model this behavior with a simple kinetic Monte Carlo simulation by considering that charge carrier trapping leaves the QDs in a state with zero oscillator strength from which no energy transfer can occur. Our results highlight that reversible trapping significantly affects the energy and charge carrier dynamics for applications where QDs are assembled into a QD solid.
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