Singlet-triplet annihilation limits exciton yield in poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Steiner, Florian ^a   Vogelsang, Jan ^a   Lupton, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXCITATION DENSITY; EXCITON ANNIHILATION; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTON ANTIBUNCHING; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLET EXCITONS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHAINS; FLUORESCENCE;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84898065116     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.137402     Document Type: Article

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