Controlling Visible Light Driven Photoconductivity in Self-Assembled Perylene Bisimide Structures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 33, 2016, Pages 18479-18486

  Walsh, James J ^a   Lee, Jonathan R ^a   Draper, Emily R ^a   King, Stephen M ^b   Jäckel, Frank ^a   Zwijnenburg, Martijn A ^c   Adams, Dave J ^a   Cowan, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WATER ABSORPTION;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTRA; PERYLENE BISIMIDES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; WORMLIKE STRUCTURES;

LIGHT;

EID: 84984601452     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06222     Document Type: Article

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