CHEM01200604009 Sreejith Kaniyankandy - Homi Bhabha ...

1.3.5. Defect Mediated Relaxation 21
1.4. How Can QDs Help in Solar Cells? 21-23
1.5. “Improving on” QDs 24
1.5.1. Semiconductor-Semiconductor Core Shell Nanostructures 24-25
1.5.2. Semiconductor-Dye Nanostructures 26
1.5.3. Metal-Semiconductor Nanostructures 26-27
1.6. Classical Electron Transfer 27-29
1.6.1. Adiabatic and Non-Adiabatic Process 29-30
1.6.2. Classical Electron Transfer Theory 30-33
1.6.3. Quantum mechanical theory of electron transfer 33-34
1.7 Interfacial Electron Transfer from Molecular Adsorbate to Semiconductor 34-35
1.7.1. Electron Injection 35-37
1.7.2. Back Electron Transfer 37-38
1.8. Synthesis of Semiconductor Quantum Dots 38-41
1.9. Thesis Overview 42-43
1.10. Scope of the Thesis in View of Applications in Photovoltaics 42-43
1.11. Thesis Overview 43-46
Chapter 2
Experimental
2.1. Introduction 48
2.2. UV-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy 48-50
2.3. Fluorescence Spectroscopy 50-51
2.4. X-Ray Diffraction
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