Delayed luminescence spectroscopy of organic photovoltaic binary blend films: Probing the emissive non-geminate charge recombination

  • Panagiotis E. Keivanidis
  • , Valentin Kamm
  • , Clare Dyer-Smith
  • , Weimin Zhang
  • , Frédéric Laquai
  • , Iain McCulloch
  • , Donal D.C. Bradley
  • , Jenny Nelson

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Organic photovoltaics: Following the direct photoexcitation of the low-energy optical gap PDI component in the F8BT:PDI photovoltaic blend film (step 1), charge generation takes place (steps 2, 3). Non-geminate charge recombination (step 4) results in the generation of delayed luminescence (DL) in the μs time scale (step 5). The DL spectrum originates from an equilibrated charge-transfer (CT) state formed between the components of the composite. The F8BT-PDI CT complex has a ground state character (step 6).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5183-5187
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume22
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2010
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • bulk heterojunction
  • charge transfer
  • delayed luminescence
  • microstructure
  • non-geminate charge recombination
  • solar cells

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Delayed luminescence spectroscopy of organic photovoltaic binary blend films: Probing the emissive non-geminate charge recombination'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this