Reduced exciton binding energy in organic semiconductors: Tailoring the Coulomb interaction

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 68-70

  Engel, Miriam ^a   Kunze, Frederik ^a   Lupascu, Doru C ^a   Benson, Niels ^a   Schmechel, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coulomb interaction; Excitons; Organic semiconductors; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

DEVICE STRUCTURES; EXCITON FORMATION; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; HIGH-K MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PENTACENES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

BINDING ENERGY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84856304668     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201105488     Document Type: Article

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