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Correlation of Heterojunction Luminescence Quenching and Photocurrent in Polymer‐Blend Photovoltaic Diodes
Author(s) -
GonzalezRabade Astrid,
Morteani Arne C.,
Friend Richard H.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200901114
Subject(s) - materials science , luminescence , photocurrent , exciton , heterojunction , optoelectronics , quenching (fluorescence) , polymer solar cell , organic solar cell , diode , electron , photochemistry , photovoltaic system , electric field , charge (physics) , chemical physics , polymer , solar cell , fluorescence , condensed matter physics , optics , chemistry , physics , ecology , quantum mechanics , composite material , biology
Charge generation in organic solar cells proceeds via photogeneration of excitons in the bulk that form geminate electron–hole pairs at the heterojunction formed between electron donor and acceptors. It is shown that an externally applied electric field increases the number of free charges formed from the geminate pair, and quenches the luminescence from the relaxed exciplex with one‐to‐one correspondence.
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