Quantitative transient absorption measurements of polaron yield and absorption coefficient in neat conjugated polymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2348-2355

  Reid, Obadiah G ^a   Rumbles, Garry ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

absorption coefficient; charge; mobility; quenching; TAS; time resolved microwave conductivity; TRMC

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; CHARGE; TAS; TIME-RESOLVED MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITIES; TRMC;

CARRIER MOBILITY; EXCITONS; EXPERIMENTS; POLYMER FILMS; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

POLARONS;

EID: 84880546728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401142e     Document Type: Article

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