Abstract
We have investigated the optical properties of ZnSe quantum dots (QDs) prepared by a hydrothermal method. The photoluminescence (PL)-decay profiles become slower with an increase in temperature up to 160 K, contrary to an ordinary behaviour due to thermal quenching. The temperature dependence of the PL-decay profile is explained by a three-state model consisting of a ground state and two excited states of the lower-lying bound-exciton and higher-lying dark-exciton states. The analysis of the temperature dependence of the decay time indicates that the dark-exciton state contributes to the PL-decay process in the ZnSe QDs.
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