Estimating the magnitude of exciton delocalization in regioregular P3HT

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 21627-21634

  Heiber, Michael C ^a   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTATION THEORY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EXCITON DELOCALIZATION; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXCITON-EXCITON ANNIHILATION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84886707965     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403396v     Document Type: Article

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