A simple kinetic model for singlet fission: A role of electronic and entropic contributions to macroscopic rates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5188-5195

  Kolomeisky, Anatoly B ^a   Feng, Xintian ^b   Krylov, Anna I ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCE; KINETIC MODELING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SINGLET FISSIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THREE-STATE MODELS;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84896338222     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4128176     Document Type: Article

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