Electron affinity of Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 14958-14964

  Larson, Bryon W ^a   Whitaker, James B ^a   Wang, Xue Bin ^b   Popov, Alexey A ^c   Rumbles, Garry ^a,d   Kopidakis, Nikos ^d   Strauss, Steven H ^a   Boltalina, Olga V ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR PROPERTIES; CONSISTENT ESTIMATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; GASPHASE; LOW-TEMPERATURE PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BUTYRIC ACID;

EID: 84880828446     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403312g     Document Type: Article

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