Quantifying the Excitonic Static Disorder in Organic Semiconductors

Kay, Austin; Sandberg, Oskar; Zarrabi, Nasim; Li, Wei; Zeiske, Stefan; KAISER, CHRISTINA; Meredith, Paul; Armin, Ardalan

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Quantifying the Excitonic Static Disorder in Organic Semiconductors

Austin Kay, Oskar Sandberg

, Nasim Zarrabi, Wei Li, Stefan Zeiske, CHRISTINA KAISER, Paul Meredith

, Ardalan Armin

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume: 32, Issue: 32, Start page: 2113181

Swansea University Authors: Austin Kay, Oskar Sandberg , Nasim Zarrabi, Wei Li, Stefan Zeiske, CHRISTINA KAISER, Paul Meredith , Ardalan Armin

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Organic semiconductors are disordered molecular solids, and as a result, their internal charge generation dynamics, charge transport dynamics, and ultimately, the performance of the optoelectronic devices they constitute, are governed by energetic disorder. This is particularly pertinent for emergin...

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Quantifying the Excitonic Static Disorder in Organic Semiconductors

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