Charge-transfer states in conjugated polymer/fullerene blends: Below-gap weakly bound excitons for polymer photovoltaics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Hallermann, Markus ^a   Haneder, Stephan ^a   Da Como, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; FULLERENES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER BLENDS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

BOUND EXCITONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER STATE; ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED QUENCHING; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATIONS; GROUND-STATE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR INTERFACES; POLYMER EMISSIONS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 51849102373     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969295     Document Type: Article

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