Hot exciton dissociation in polymer solar cells

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-33

  Grancini, G ^a   Maiuri, M ^b   Fazzi, D ^a   Petrozza, A ^a   Egelhaaf, H J ^c   Brida, D ^b   Cerullo, G ^b   Lanzani, G ^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

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE GENERATION; DELOCALIZATIONS; DONOR/ACCEPTOR INTERFACE; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXCITON SPLITTING; HIGH ENERGY; INITIAL EXCITATION; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; INTERNAL DISSIPATION; PHOTON ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SINGLET STATE; THERMALIZATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLARONS; SOLAR CELLS;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 84871327002     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3502     Document Type: Article

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