Theory and simulation of organic solar cell model compounds: How packing and morphology determine the electronic conductivity

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lampe, Benjamin ^a   Koslowski, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL GEOMETRY; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FULLERENES; HAMILTONIANS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84866084908     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4748816     Document Type: Article

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