Observation of triplet exciton formation in a platinum-sensitized organic photovoltaic device

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Roberts, Sean T ^a   Schlenker, Cody W ^a   Barlier, Vincent ^a   McAnally, R Eric ^a   Zhang, Yuyuan ^a   Mastron, Joseph N ^a   Thompson, Mark E ^a   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy Conversion and Storage

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING LAYERS; CONVERSION RATIO; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; EXCITON LIFETIME; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; HOST MATRICES; INTERSYSTEM; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTION COST; SINGLET EXCITONS; TRIPLET EXCITONS; TRIPLET STATE;

ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITED STATES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLATINUM; PORPHYRINS; TITRATION;

EXCITONS;

EID: 78751674143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101554m     Document Type: Article

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