Breaking down the problem: Optical transitions, electronic structure, and photoconductivity in conjugated polymer pcdtbt and in its separate building Blocks

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11456-11469

  Banerji, Natalie ^a,e   Gagnon, Eric ^b   Morgantini, Pierre Yves ^c   Valouch, Sebastian ^a,d   Mohebbi, Ali Reza ^a   Seo, Jung Hwa ^a,f   Leclerc, Mario ^b   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR MOIETIES; BUILDING BLOCKES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CAMEL BACKS; CARBAZOLE DONORS; CONJUGATION LENGTH; DELOCALIZATIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON-DONATING GROUP; ELECTRONIC DELOCALIZATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; INTERNAL CHARGE TRANSFER; LOW BANDGAP; PARTIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SMALL REDUCTION; SOLID THIN FILMS; STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEPARATION; STRATEGIC MATERIALS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84861793183     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp301639e     Document Type: Article

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