Singlet exciton diffusion in MEH-PPV films studied by exciton-exciton annihilation

Organic Electronics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 452-456

  Lewis, A J ^a   Ruseckas, A ^a   Gaudin, O P M ^a   Webster, G R ^b   Burn, P L ^b   Samuel, I D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Exciton; MEH PPV; Photophysics; Photovoltaic; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EXCITONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CELLS;

EXCITON-EXCITON ANNIHILATION MODEL; MEH-PPV FILMS; PHOTOPHYSICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33750989091     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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