Effect of annealing on P3HT:PCBM charge transfer and nanoscale morphology probed by ultrafast spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 923-930

  Alex Marsh, R ^a   Hodgkiss, Justin M ^b   Albert Seifried, Sebastian ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Optical spectroscopy; Photovoltaic diode; Semiconducting polymer

Indexed keywords

BLEND MORPHOLOGY; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; EXCITATION DENSITY; IN-DIFFUSION; LENGTH SCALE; LIFE-TIMES; MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DIODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DIODES; PICOSECOND TIME SCALE; PICOSECONDS; ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOEXCITATION;

ANNEALING;

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; (6,6)-PHENYL C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; POLY(3 HEXYL)SELENOPHENE; POLY(3-HEXYL)SELENOPHENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949431535     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9038289     Document Type: Article

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