Kinetics of charge transfer processes in organic solar cells: Implications for the design of acceptor molecules

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2538-2545

  Schwenn, Paul E ^a   Gui, Ke ^a   Zhang, Yuliang ^a   Burn, Paul L ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a   Powell, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron acceptors; Electron transfer; Marcus Hush theory; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FORECASTING; MOLECULES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SOLAR CELLS;

ACCEPTOR MOLECULES; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MARCUS-HUSH THEORIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865289209     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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