Electronic Processes at Semiconductor Polymer Heterojunctions

Organic Light Emitting Devices: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 35-94

  Morteani, Arne C ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a   Silva, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charge capture at polymer heterojunctions; Electronic processes at semiconductor polymer heterojunctions; Exciplexes; Exciton dissociation at polymer heterojunctions; Molecular complexes; Morphology dependent exciton retrapping at polymer heterojunctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649211281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527607986.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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