Morphology-dependent charge photogeneration in donor-acceptor block copolymer films based on poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-poly(perylene bisimide acrylate)

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 116, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 10070-10078

  Huettner, Sven ^a   Hodgkiss, Justin M ^b   Sommer, Michael ^c   Friend, Richard H ^a   Steiner, Ullrich ^a   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLINITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(PERYLENE BISIMIDE ACRYLATE); THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ACRYLATES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERYLENE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84871899107     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp301966p     Document Type: Article

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