Unraveling the electronic heterogeneity of charge traps in conjugated polymers by single-molecule spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 573-577

  Adachi, Takuji ^a   Vogelsang, Jan ^a   Lupton, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron traps; fluorescence spectroscopy; keto defect emission; photo oxidation; polyfluorene

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRAP; EXCITON TRAPS; KETO DEFECTS; MODELING DEVICES; POLYFLUORENES; SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTS; TRAP LEVELS;

ELECTRON TRAPS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

CHARGE TRAPPING;

EID: 84893839337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402621y     Document Type: Article

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