Light-induced charge transfer in hybrid composites of organic semiconductors and silicon nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Dietmueller, Roland ^a   Stegner, Andre R ^a   Lechner, Robert ^a   Niesar, Sabrina ^a   Pereira, Rui N ^a   Brandt, Martin S ^a   Ebbers, André ^b   Trocha, Martin ^b   Wiggers, Hartmut ^c   Stutzmann, Martin ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTRONS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SPIN DYNAMICS;

BUTYRIC ACIDS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCES; HOLE CONDUCTORS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; LIGHT-INDUCED GENERATIONS; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

EID: 63049113390     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3086299     Document Type: Article

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