Charge separation in localized and delocalized electronic states in polymeric semiconductors

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6679, 1998, Pages 903-906

  Kohler A ^a   Dos Santos, D A ^b   Beljonne, D ^b   Shuai, Z ^b   Bredas J L ^b   Holmes, A B ^c   Kraus, A ^d   Mullen K ^d   Friend, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHARGE SEPARATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCITED STATE; EXCITON; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTOEXCITATION; POLYPHENYLENE VINYLENE;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037832046     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/31901     Document Type: Article

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