Exciton dissociation at thiophene/fullerene interfaces: The electronic structures and quantum dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 10205-10210

  Tamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Burghardt, Irene ^b,c   Tsukada, Masaru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING STRENGTHS; DIABATIC; DONOR-ACCEPTOR DISTANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; KEY PROCESS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS CALCULATIONS; RELATIVE ENERGIES; STACKING STRUCTURES; STRONG COUPLING; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA-FAST; VIBRONIC COUPLING;

ABSORPTION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 79960017810     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp203174e     Document Type: Article

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