Time-independent, high electron mobility in thin PC61BM films: Relevance to organic photovoltaics

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3729-3734

  Devizis A ^a,b   Hertel, D ^c   Meerholz, K ^c   Gulbinas, V ^b   Moser, J E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge carriers; Drift; Electric field; Electroabsorption; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; SOLAR CELLS;

DRIFT; ELECTRO-ABSORPTION; ELECTRON MOTION; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; TIME INDEPENDENTS; ULTRA-FAST;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84910062498     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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