Interpretation of diffusion and recombination in nanostructured and energy-disordered materials by stochastic quasiequilibrium simulation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 16275-16289

  Ansari Rad, Mehdi ^a   Anta, Juan A ^b   Bisquert, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-CARRIER TRANSPORT; COLLECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GENERALIZED EINSTEIN RELATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; NON-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; RECOMBINATION LIFETIME; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CARRIER TRANSPORT; DISPERSIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84882388341     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403232b     Document Type: Article

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