Ultrafast dynamics of charge carrier photogeneration and geminate recombination in conjugated polymer:fullerene solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Muller J G ^a,b   Lupton, J M ^a   Feldmann, J ^a   Lemmer, U ^b   Scharber, M C ^c,d   Sariciftci, N S ^c   Brabec, C J ^d   Scherf, U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

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EID: 29744437669     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.195208     Document Type: Article

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