Photoinduced charge carrier generation in a poly(3-hexylthiophene) and methanofullerene bulk heterojunction investigated by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 50, 2006, Pages 25462-25471

  Ai, Xin ^a   Beard, Matthew C ^a   Knutsen, Kelly P ^a   Shaheen, Sean E ^a   Rumbles, Garry ^a   Ellingson, Randy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLYMER BLENDS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER (PCBM); CHARGE CARRIER MOBILITY; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; TIME RESOLVED TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 33846691482     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp065212i     Document Type: Article

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