Optical probe of charge separation at organic/inorganic semiconductor interfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10974-10979

  Park, H ^a   Gutierrez, M ^b   Wu, X ^a   Kim, W ^c   Zhu, X Y ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP EXCITATION; CARRIER SEPARATION; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; FEMTOSECOND TIME SCALE; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84878361753     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4029408     Document Type: Article

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