Theoretical prediction of the rate constants for exciton dissociation and charge recombination to a triplet state in pcpdtbt with different fullerene derivatives

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1843-1855

  Leng, Can ^a   Qin, Haimei ^a   Si, Yubing ^a   Zhao, Yi ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; RATE CONSTANTS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84893314219     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410562u     Document Type: Article

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