Charge transport in nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion studied by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 215, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 123-139

  Němec, Hynek ^a   Ǩuel, Petr ^a   Sundström, Villy ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Mobility; Semiconductor nanostructures; Time resolved terahertz spectroscopy; Transport; Ultrafast dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957754591     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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