Light-Induced Charged and Trap States in Colloidal Nanocrystals Detected by Variable Pulse Rate Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
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- 作者：Michele Saba ; Mauro Aresti ; Francesco Quochi ; Marco Marceddu ; Maria Antonietta Loi ; Jing Huang ; Dmitri V. Talapin ; Andrea Mura ; Giovanni Bongiovanni
- 刊名：ACS Nano
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：January 22, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：7
- 期：1
- 页码：229-238
- 全文大小：553K
- 年卷期：v.7,no.1(January 22, 2013)
- ISSN：1936-086X
文摘
Intensity instabilities are a common trademark of the photoluminescence of nanoemitters. This general behavior is commonly attributed to random fluctuations of free charges and activation of charge traps reducing the emission yield intermittently. However, the actual physical origin of this phenomenon is actively debated. Here we devise an experiment, variable pulse rate photoluminescence, to control the accumulation of charges and the activation of charge traps. The dynamics of these states is studied, with pulse repetition frequencies from the single-pulse to the megahertz regime, by monitoring photoluminescence spectrograms with picosecond temporal resolution. We find that both photocharging and charge trapping contribute to photoluminescence quenching, and both processes can be reversibly induced by light. Our spectroscopic technique demonstrates that charge accumulation and trap formation are strongly sensitive to the environment, showing different dynamics when nanocrystals are dispersed in solution or deposited as a film.