Spectroscopic study of electron and hole polarons in a high-mobility donor-acceptor conjugated copolymer

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6835-6841

  Xu, Haihua ^a   Jiang, Yuqian ^b   Li, Jun ^c   Ong, Beng S ^d   Shuai, Zhigang ^b   Xu, Jianbin ^a   Zhao, Ni ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; INTERMOLECULAR COUPLING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COPOLYMERS; DIMERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLARONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIOPHENE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 84875861030     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4003388     Document Type: Article

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