A fullerene-based organic exciton blocking layer with high electron conductivity

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3315-3320

  Bartynski, Andrew N ^a   Trinh, Cong ^b   Panda, Anurag ^c   Bergemann, Kevin ^c   Lassiter, Brian E ^c   Zimmerman, Jeramy D ^c   Forrest, Stephen R ^c   Thompson, Mark E ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

buffer layers; exciton blocking layers; fullerenes; Organic photovoltaics; small molecule organic semiconductors

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ELECTRONS; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITON BLOCKING LAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR;

BUFFER LAYERS; FULLERENES;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84880150625     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl401531t     Document Type: Article

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