Revealing the dynamics of charge carriers in polymer:fullerene blends using photoinduced time-resolved microwave conductivity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 24085-24103

  Savenije, Tom J ^a   Ferguson, Andrew J ^b   Kopidakis, Nikos ^b   Rumbles, Garry ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; TIME-RESOLVED MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITIES; VERSATILE METHODS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; DECAY (ORGANIC); FULLERENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84888599736     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406706u     Document Type: Article

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