This talk will discuss the relationship between the organic/inorganic interfaces within colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) and the probability and rate of charge transfer across those interfaces. This rate is dictated by factors such as the degree of delocalization of the charge carrier within the quantum dot, the mobility of the charge carrier within the ligand shell, the surface chemistry of the quantum dot, and the spin multiplicity of the radical ion pair formed by electron transfer. Multi-electron transfer relevant to catalysis will also be discussed.

Charge separation and recombination at nanoscopic interfaces within colloidal quantum dots

248th National Meeting (2014)

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