Ultrafast broadband laser spectroscopy reveals energy and charge transfer in novel donor-acceptor triads for photovoltaic applications

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Roland, T ^a   Hernandez Ramirez, G ^a   Leonard J ^a   Mery S ^a   Haacke, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DONOR ACCEPTOR DONORS; DONOR ACCEPTORS; ISOLATED TRIAD; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SILOXANE CHAIN; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 79953907322     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/276/1/012006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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