Dependence of charge separation efficiency on film microstructure in Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl): [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester blend films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 734-738

  Keivanidis, Panagiotis E ^a   Clarke, Tracey M ^a   Lilliu, Samuele ^b   Agostinelli, Tiziano ^a   MacDonald, J Emyr ^b   Durrant, James R ^a   Bradley, Donal D C ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; BLEND COMPOSITION; BLEND FILMS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; LARGE DOMAIN; METHYL ESTERS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION; ANNEALING; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ESTERS; EXCITONS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77749273766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900296f     Document Type: Article

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