Investigation of energy transfer in organic photovoltaic cells and impact on exciton diffusion length measurements

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 764-771

  Luhman, Wade A ^a   Holmes, Russell J ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

energy transfer; exciton diffusion; organic semiconductors; photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION LENGTH MEASUREMENTS; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; EFFICIENCY OF ENERGY TRANSFER; ELECTRON-DONATING; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; EXCITON DIFFUSION; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXCITONIC ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MATERIAL COMBINATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; SMALL MOLECULES; SPACER LAYER; SPACER LAYER THICKNESS; SUBPHTHALOCYANINES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORETICAL TECHNIQUE;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; ION EXCHANGE; MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUENCHING;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 79951637994     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201001928     Document Type: Article

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