Revealing the Full Charge Transfer State Absorption Spectrum of Organic Solar Cells

Brigeman, Alyssa N.; Fusella, Michael A.; Yan, Yixin; Purdum, Geoffrey E.; Loo, Yueh-Lin; Rand, Barry P.; Giebink, Noel C.

doi:10.1002/aenm.201601001

Revealing the Full Charge Transfer State Absorption Spectrum of Organic Solar Cells

Journal Article · Thu Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201601001· OSTI ID:1533059

Brigeman, Alyssa N. ^[1]; Fusella, Michael A. ^[2]; Yan, Yixin ^[3]; Purdum, Geoffrey E. ^[4]; Loo, Yueh-Lin ^[5]; Rand, Barry P. ^[6]; Giebink, Noel C. ^[3]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering; DOE/OSTI
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Anisotropic charge transfer (CT) state absorption originating from the natural transition dipole alignment at planar donor–acceptor interfaces can be exploited to reveal the full CT state absorption spectrum in organic solar cells. Application of this method reveals the existence of previously unobserved, higher-lying CT absorption buried beneath the excitonic background.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012365; SC0012458

OSTI ID:: 1533059

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 6; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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