Theoretical investigation of singlet fission in molecular dimers: The role of charge transfer states and quantum interference

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 14192-14199

  Mirjani, Fatemeh ^a   Renaud, Nicolas ^a   Gorczak, Natalie ^a   Grozema, Ferdinand C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; MARKOV PROCESSES; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DENSITY-MATRIX PROPAGATION APPROACH; INCOHERENT PROCESS; MOLECULAR AGGREGATE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

DIMERS;

EID: 84903764939     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503398a     Document Type: Article

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