Orientation-dependent electronic structures and optical properties of the P3HT:PCBM interface: A first-principles GW-BSE study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10263-10270

  Li, Long Hua ^a   Kontsevoi, Oleg Y ^a   Freeman, Arthur J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION; CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 84900803026     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501295p     Document Type: Article

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