Low-energy inverse photoemission study on the electron affinities of fullerene derivatives for organic photovoltaic cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 24377-24382

  Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ENERGY DIFFERENCES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION; INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLID SAMPLES;

ELECTRON AFFINITY;

EID: 84949117537     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509141y     Document Type: Article

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