Hot hole transfer increasing polaron yields in hybrid conjugated polymer/PbS blends

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 208-211

  Strein, Elisabeth ^a   Dequilettes, Dane W ^a   Hsieh, Stephen T ^a   Colbert, Adam E ^a   Ginger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; exciton; photoinduced absorption spectroscopy; quantum dots; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE GENERATION; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; PBS NANOCRYSTAL; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); QUASI-STEADY STATE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMISTRY; EXCITONS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84891782726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402383x     Document Type: Article

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