Femtosecond dynamics of excitons and hole-polarons in composite P3HT/PCBM nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4626-4633

  Clafton, Scott N ^a   Huang, David M ^a   Massey, William R ^a   Kee, Tak W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; POLARONS; SEPARATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VIRTUAL STORAGE;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; REGIOREGULAR P3HT;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84876764776     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp308876z     Document Type: Article

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