As discussed above, the Auger-assisted ET pathway significantly enhances the ET rate in the inverted regime; since the inverted regime is not present in QD-MO, the effect of Auger-assisted pathways may not be significant. 4.1.6 Direct vs Trap-Mediated Hole Transfer The discussions above on the QD CT process assumes electron (hole) transfers directly from well-defined lowest energy 1S state in conduction (valence) band, which is a reasonable assumption for electrons in cadmium chalcogenide QD and holes in high quality core/shell QDs.
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