Theoretical study of the organic photovoltaic electron acceptor PCBM: Morphology, electronic structure, and charge localizatio

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 20479-20488

  Cheung, David L ^a   Troisi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACIDS; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DELOCALIZED STATE; DISORDERED MEDIA; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON HOPPING; ELECTRON-VIBRATION COUPLINGS; ENERGY SPECTRA; HIGH-FREQUENCY MODE; LOCALIZATION LENGTH; LOCALIZED STATE; METHYL ESTERS; ORBITALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PERTURBATIVE TREATMENT; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SMALL POLARONS; STANDARD MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME-DEPENDENT; ZERO-POINT ENERGIES;

ASTATINE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 78650083176     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1049167     Document Type: Article

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