Why is exciton dissociation so efficient at the interface between a conjugated polymer and an electron acceptor?

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 4605-4607

  Arkhipov, V I ^a   Heremans, P ^a   Bassler H ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR;

EXCITONS;

EID: 0037706312     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1586456     Document Type: Article

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