Out-of-Phase Electron Spin Echo Studies of Light-Induced Charge-Transfer States in P3HT/PCBM Composite

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13543-13548

  Lukina, Ekaterina A ^a,b   Popov, Alexander A ^a,b   Uvarov, Mikhail N ^a   Kulik, Leonid V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE TRANSFER; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRON SPINS; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; MICROWAVE PULSE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; POINT-DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; [6 ,6]-PHENYL C;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84937601198     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b02142     Document Type: Article

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