decay time from the lowest-energy state of PbS quantum dots in colloidal solution, which
was found using the transient luminescence spectroscopy. The observed 10-fold reduction
in the decay time (from∼ 2.5 to 0.25 μs) with the increase in the quantum dots' diameter is
explained by the existence of phonon-induced transitions between the in-gap state whose
energy drastically depends on the diameter and the fundamental state of the quantum …