Exciton diffusion in disordered small molecules for organic photovoltaics: Insights from first-principles simulations

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2014, Pages

  Li, Z ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Lu, G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion; exciton; first principles; molecular dynamics; organic photovoltaics; small molecules

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES;

EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXCITON LOCALIZATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SMALL MOLECULES; STRUCTURAL ORDERING;

EXCITONS;

PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; POWER SUPPLY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PYRROLES; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84899461970     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/18/185006     Document Type: Article

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