Nanoassemblies Based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Porphyrin Molecules: Structure, Exciton-Phonon Interactions, and Relaxation Processes

Based on modern models of the exciton-phonon coupling, the analysis of experimental temperature dependences (77–293 K) of absorption and photoluminescence spectra for semiconductor quantum dots (QD) CdSe/ZnS was carried out. It was proven that the formation of the first excitonic transition absorption band takes place with participation of optical phonons of the CdSe core presumably, while photoluminescence properties reflect the interaction with optical phonons of ZnS layer. In the frame of the quantum-mechanical model the photoluminescence quenching for CdSe/ZnS QDs of various sizes was analysed upon formation of nanoassemblies with porphyrin molecules. It was shown that the quenching rate constant decreases with the rise of QD size, and in conditions of quantum confinement the quenching process is due to the electron of excited electron-hole pair tunnelling to the QD surface with the subsequent localization on surface traps.

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