Structural effect of electron acceptor on charge transfer in poly(3-hexylthiophene)/methanofullerene bulk heterojunctions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2302-2313

  Krinichnyi, V I ^a   Yudanova, E I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Fullerene; LEPR; Polaron; Polythiophene and derivatives; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS POLYMER MATRICES; ANION RADICALS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INTERCHAIN HOPPING; LATTICE PHONONS; LEPR; LONGITUDINAL DIFFUSIONS; METHANOFULLERENES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTON ENERGY; POLARON DYNAMICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYTHIOPHENE AND DERIVATIVES; PSEUDOROTATION; RADICAL PAIR; RELAXATION; SATURATION METHOD; SPIN POLARON; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRAP SITES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTONS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

POLARONS;

EID: 79958078328     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.03.045     Document Type: Article

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