External electric field-dependent photoinduced charge transfer in a donor-acceptor system for an organic solar cell

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 15879-15889

  Song, Peng ^a,b   Li, Yuanzuo ^b,c   Ma, Fengcai ^a   Pullerits, Tõnu ^d   Sun, Mengtao ^b  

^a LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; MULTIDIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SELF ASSEMBLY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881423054     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401990z     Document Type: Article

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