Role of the effective mass and interfacial dipoles on exciton dissociation in organic donor-acceptor solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Schwarz, Christian ^a   Tscheuschner, Steffen ^a   Frisch, Johannes ^b   Winkler, Stefanie ^b,c   Koch, Norbert ^b,c   Bässler, Heinz ^a   Köhler, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 84876196472     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.155205     Document Type: Article

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