The relationship between the electric field-induced dissociation of charge transfer excitons and the photocurrent in small molecular/polymeric solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 982-986

  Inal, Sahika ^a   Schubert, Marcel ^a   Sellinger, Alan ^b   Neher, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b Stanford University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Macromolecules; Soft matter

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE TRANSFER EXCITONS; EMISSION QUENCHING; FREE CARRIERS; FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; INDUCED DISSOCIATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONS; POLY(P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE); SOFT MATTER; STEADY-STATE EMISSIONS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; MACROMOLECULES; MASS TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION;

EID: 77950119750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100121t     Document Type: Article

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