Ultrafast transient spectroscopy of nano-domains of polymer/fullerene blend for organic photovoltaic applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Sanjeev ^a,c   Pandit, Bill ^a,d   Hukic Markosian, Golda ^a   Basel, Tek P ^a   Valy Vardeny, Z ^a   Li, Sergey ^b   Laird, Darin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Plextronics Inc   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLARONS; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INTRACHAIN EXCITONS; ORGANIC BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTO-EXCITATIONS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875789229     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4769211     Document Type: Article

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