Efficient singlet fission discovered in a disordered acene film

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6388-6400

  Roberts, Sean T ^a   McAnally, R Eric ^a   Mastron, Joseph N ^a   Webber, David H ^a   Whited, Matthew T ^a,b   Brutchey, Richard L ^a   Thompson, Mark E ^a   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DISORDERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHENYL GROUP; PICOSECONDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; SINGLET EXCITONS; TETRACENE; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSIONS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRIPLET EXCITONS; ULTRA-FAST;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHROMOPHORES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIMERS; EXCITONS; PHOTOEXCITATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

TITRATION;

5,12 DIPHENYLTETRACENE; NANOFILM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESTRUCTION; EXCITATION; SINGLET FISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84859593797     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja300504t     Document Type: Article

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