Photon Upconversion and Photocurrent Generation via Self-Assembly at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 4510-4517

  Hill, Sean P ^a   Banerjee, Tanmay ^a   Dilbeck, Tristan ^a   Hanson, Kenneth ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilayer; hybrid interface; photocurrent; self assembly; triplet triplet annihilation; upconversion

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; METALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS;

BI-LAYER; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERACTION; HYBRID INTERFACE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION; UP-CONVERSION;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84947997639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02120     Document Type: Article

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