Research Article

Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Evaluation of CdTe and CdTe/CdS Quantum Dots

Table 2

Time constants and , components B1 and B2, and average lifetime of as-prepared TGA-capped CdTe, and CdTe/CdS core/shell QDs (samples shown in Table 1 (as-prepared)).

Sample B1 /ns B2 /ns /ns

A056.7312.9943.2743.2634.7
A156.2117.3743.7947.5837.9
A250.3320.0949.6754.7745.4
B059.6514.2640.3542.8033.4
B161.3818.5438.6245.3534.8
B252.9021.0147.1051.0641.6
C066.9116.4433.0941.0930.1
C163.1520.2436.8542.1432.3
C251.9223.3648.0852.8743.3