Tuning of the excited-state properties and photovoltaic performance in PPV-based polymer blends

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 14607-14617

  Yin, Chunhong ^a   Schubert, Marcel ^a   Bange, Sebastian ^a   Stiller, Burkhard ^a   Castellani, Mauro ^a   Neher, Dieter ^a   Kumke, Michael ^a   Hörhold, Hans Heinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; BULK CARRIERS; CHARGE CARRIER EXTRACTION; CHARGE-CARRIER MOBILITIES; ELECTRON-HOLE PAIRS; EXCIPLEX; EXCITED SPECIES; EXCITED-STATE PROPERTIES; FILL FACTOR; INDUCED DISSOCIATION; INTERFACIAL EXCIPLEXES; INTERMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; LIGHT INTENSITIES; LOCAL SCALING; METHOXY; NANO-MORPHOLOGY; PHENYLENE VINYLENE; PHOTO-GENERATED CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; POLARON PAIRS; RADIATIVE DECAYS; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; SPACE CHARGES; TRICHLOROBENZENE; TRIPLET EXCITONS;

ABS RESINS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BOILING POINT; CARBON NITRIDE; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CIVIL AVIATION; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; EXCITONS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLVENTS; TUNING;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

EID: 53149104739     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp803977k     Document Type: Article

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