Effect of morphology on ultrafast free carrier generation in polythiophene:fullerene organic solar cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 14866-14876

  Howard, Ian A ^a   Mauer, Ralf ^a   Meister, Michael ^a   Laquai, Frédéric ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND CHARGE; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; EXCITON QUENCHING; FILL-FACTOR; FREE CARRIERS; FREE CHARGE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY-THIOPHENE; REGIORANDOM; RR-P3HT; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA-FAST; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ANNEALING; CARRIER MOBILITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUENCHING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOLAR CELLS;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; METHANOFULLERENE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78649742306     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja105260d     Document Type: Article

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