Bulk heterojunction materials composed of poly(2,5-bis(3- tetradecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b;]thiophene): Ultrafast electron transfer and carrier recombination

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7853-7857

  Hwang, In Wook ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Cho, Shinuk ^a   Yuen, Jonathan ^a   Coates, Nelson ^a   Lee, Kwanghee ^a   Heeney, Martin ^b   McCulloch, Iain ^b   Moses, Daniel ^a   Heeger, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVES; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER;

ABS RESINS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIOPHENE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 53349172218     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp711404c     Document Type: Article

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