Exciton Diffusion in Conjugated Polymers: From Fundamental Understanding to Improvement in Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3417-3428

  Tamai, Yasunari ^a   Ohkita, Hideo ^a,b   Benten, Hiroaki ^a   Ito, Shinzaburo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GROUND STATE; INTERFACE STATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT ABSORPTION; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON DONORS; EXCITON DIFFUSION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SHARP CONTRAST; SINGLET EXCITONS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84940946720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01147     Document Type: Article

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