A comparison of charge separation dynamics in organic blend films employing fullerene and perylene diimide electron acceptors

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 201-205

  Shoaee, Safa ^a,c   Deledalle, Florent ^a   Tuladhar, Pabitra Shakya ^a   Shivanna, Ravichandran ^b   Rajaram, Sridhar ^b   Narayan, K S ^b   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ENERGY GAP; FULLERENES; POLYMER BLENDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; RECOMBINATION LOSS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84939185681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502385n     Document Type: Article

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