Direct vs indirect measurement of the effective electronic temperature in quantum dot solids

One of the characteristics of disordered semiconductors is the slow thermalization of charge carriers after excitation due to photoabsorption or high electric fields. An elegant way to capture the effects of the latter on the conductivity is through a field-dependent effective electronic temperature...

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Main Authors: Kompatscher, Anton (Author) , Shokrani, Morteza (Author) , Feurstein, Johanna (Author) , Kemerink, Martijn (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 4 December 2025
In: The journal of physical chemistry. C, Energy, materials, and catalysis
Year: 2025, Volume: 129, Issue: 48, Pages: 21470-21476
ISSN:1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05963
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05963
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Author Notes:Anton Kompatscher, Morteza Shokrani, Johanna Feurstein, and Martijn Kemerink

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