The role of spin in the kinetic control of recombination in organic photovoltaics

Nature

Volumn 500, Issue 7463, 2013, Pages 435-439

  Rao, Akshay ^a   Chow, Philip C Y ^a   Gélinas, Simon ^a   Schlenker, Cody W ^b   Li, Chang Zhi ^c   Yip, Hin Lap ^c   Jen, Alex K Y ^b,c   Ginger, David S ^b   Friend, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; RECOMBINATION; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 84882859463     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12339     Document Type: Article

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