Charge transfer in thin films of donor-acceptor complexes studied by infrared spectroscopy

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1237-1244

  Nanova, Diana ^a,b,d   Beck, Sebastian ^b,d   Fuchs, Andreas ^c,d   Glaser, Tobias ^b,d   Lennartz, Christian ^c,d   Kowalsky, Wolfgang ^a,d   Pucci, Annemarie ^b,d   Kroeger, Michael ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transfer complexes; Density functional theory; IR spectroscopy; TCNQ; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIN FILMS;

CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; DEGREE OF CHARGE TRANSFER; DONOR-ACCEPTOR COMPLEX; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PARTIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; STRETCHING MODES; TCNQ;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84861039002     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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