Efficient charge photogeneration by the dissociation of PC 70BM excitons in polymer/fullerene solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Dimitrov, Stoichko D ^a   Nielsen, Christian B ^a   Shoaee, Safa ^a   Shakya Tuladhar, Pabitra ^a   Du, Junping ^a   McCulloch, Iain ^a   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEND COMPOSITION; BLEND FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; EXCITON DIFFUSION; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POLYMER EXCITONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY SPECTRA; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

EFFICIENCY; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOEXCITATION; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84855465367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201484b     Document Type: Article

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