To hop or not to hop? Understanding the temperature dependence of spectral diffusion in organic semiconductors

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1694-1700

  Athanasopoulos, Stavros ^a,b,c   Hoffmann, Sebastian T ^b   Bässler, Heinz ^b   Köhler, Anna ^b   Beljonne, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charge transport; kinetic frustration; Monte Carlo simulations; semiconducting polymer; temperature dependence; triplet singlet exciton

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; LATTICE MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; RESTRICTED GEOMETRIES; SHORT RANGE INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRIPLET EXCITATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMER FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84878023079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400480a     Document Type: Article

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