Charge-transfer dynamics in poly(3-hexylthiophene):Perylenediimide-C 60 blend films studied by ultrafast transient absorption

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 10625-10630

  Kaunisto, Kimmo M ^a   Vivo, Paola ^a   Dubey, Rajeev K ^a,b   Chukharev, Vladimir I ^a   Efimov, Alexander ^a   Tkachenko, Nikolai V ^a   Lemmetyinen, Helge J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84901333635     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501605k     Document Type: Article

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