Influence of blend composition on ultrafast charge generation and recombination dynamics in low band gap polymer-based organic photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9838-9844

  Grancini, Giulia ^a,b   Martino, Nicola ^a,b   Antognazza, Maria Rosa ^a   Celebrano, Michele ^b   Egelhaaf, Hans Joachim ^c   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BLEND COMPOSITION; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE SEPARATION MECHANISM; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DEVICE OPERATIONS; EXCITON QUENCHING; FREE CHARGE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LOW BAND GAP; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOEXCITED STATE; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYNAMICS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; SEPARATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84860503875     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp302787u     Document Type: Article

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