Charge photogeneration in low band gap polyselenophene/fullerene blend films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8068-8075

  Clarke, Tracey M ^a   Ballantyne, Amy M ^a   Tierney, Steve ^b   Heeney, Martin ^b   Duffy, Warren ^b   McCulloch, Iain ^b   Nelson, Jenny ^a   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BLEND FILMS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; DISSOCIATION EFFICIENCY; DOMAIN SIZE; EXCITON QUENCHING; LOW BAND GAP; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOGENERATION; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; POLYTHIOPHENES; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; RADICAL PAIR; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ENERGY GAP; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLARONS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIOPHENE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77951921013     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9120782     Document Type: Article

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