Energy spectrum of an exciton in a CdSe/ZnTe type-II core/shell spherical quantum dot

The binding energy of an exciton inside a CdSe/ZnTe core/shell spherical quantum dot was theoretically examined taking into account the dependence of the dielectric constant and charge carriers effective mass on radius, and using the envelope function approximation. Such a structure presents original optical and electronic properties because of the spatial separation of electrons and holes caused by the type-II alignment of energy states. The mean distance between the electron and hole was calculated variationally using a trial function taking into account the coulomb interaction between charge carriers. Our numerical results provide a description to the size dependence of the binding energy of an exciton inside a core/shell nanoheterostructure type-II. Indeed, by controlling the inner and outer radii, we can precisely control the energy spectrum of the exciton. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved