Photovoltaic charge generation in organic semiconductors based on long-range energy transfer

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5437-5445

  Coffey, David C ^a   Ferguson, Andrew J ^a   Kopidakis, Nikos ^a   Rumbles, Garry ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; energy transfer; F rster; FRET; microwave conductivity; organic semiconductor; photovoltaic; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; BARRIER LAYERS; BISPHENYL; CHARGE GENERATION; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; DONOR/ACCEPTOR INTERFACE; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; FRET; MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOGENERATED EXCITONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77957295558     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101106b     Document Type: Article

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