Photocurrent generation in bulk vs bilayer devices: Quantum treatment of model rubrene/7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane heterojunctions for organic solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2287-2297

  Pinto, Rui M ^a,b  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON-TRANSFER; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; QUANTUM TREATMENT; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL METHODS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEPARATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84893825625     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409583q     Document Type: Article

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