Carrier dynamics of composite and nanolayered films of zinc phthalocyanine and C60 measured by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7416, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lane, Paul A ^a   Melinger, Joseph S ^a   Esenturk, Okan ^b,c   Heilweil, Edwin J ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buckminsterfullerene; Organic photovoltaic; Phthalocyanine; THz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SIGNALS; BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE; CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; CO-EVAPORATIONS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; LAYER THICKNESS; LAYERED FILMS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MULTI-LAYERED FILMS; OPTIMUM COMPOSITION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHTHALOCYANINE; PICOSECONDS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-RESOLVED; ULTRA-THIN; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

ABSORPTION; CARBON CLUSTERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; FILM PREPARATION; FULLERENES; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL STRUCTURES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 70449591493     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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