Charge separation in P3HT:SWCNT blends studied by EPR: Spin signature of the photoinduced charged state in SWCNT

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 601-606

  Niklas, Jens ^a   Holt, Josh M ^b   Mistry, Kevin ^b   Rumbles, Garry ^b   Blackburn, Jeffrey L ^b   Poluektov, Oleg G ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunctions; electron paramagnetic resonance; fullerene; organic photovoltaic; polymer; radical anion; radical cation; single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; RADICAL ANIONS; RADICAL CATIONS; UNPAIRED ELECTRONS;

BLENDING; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON RESONANCE; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; POLARONS; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84893836229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402668h     Document Type: Article

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