Deconvoluting contributions of photoexcited species in polymer-quantum dot hybrid photovoltaic materials

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Couderc, Elsa ^a   Greaney, Matthew J ^a   Thornbury, William ^a   Brutchey, Richard L ^a   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Charge transfer; Chemical doping; Hybrid solar cell; Ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMER FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHEMICAL DOPING; HYBRID BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84920701415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.5.057404     Document Type: Article

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