Electron structure and dynamics at poly(3-hexylthiophene)/fullerene photovoltaic heterojunctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Li, Zi ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Lu, Gang ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; DOMINANT PROCESS; ELECTRON STRUCTURES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON-ION DYNAMICS; INTERFACIAL ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METHYL ESTERS; NONADIABATIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); TIME-SCALES; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ESTERS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 79952078525     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3559617     Document Type: Article

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