Impact of Aggregation on the Photochemistry of Fullerene Films: Correlating Stability to Triplet Exciton Kinetics

Speller, Emily M.; McGettrick, James D.; Rice, Beth; Telford, Andrew M.; H., Harrison K.; Tan, Ching-Hong; Castro, Catherine De; Davies, Matthew; Watson, Trystan; Nelson, Jenny; Durrant, James; Li, Zhe; Tsoi, Wing C.; Tsoi, Wing Chung

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Impact of Aggregation on the Photochemistry of Fullerene Films: Correlating Stability to Triplet Exciton Kinetics

Emily M. Speller, James D. McGettrick, Beth Rice, Andrew M. Telford, Harrison K. H. Lee, Ching-Hong Tan, Catherine De Castro

, Matthew Davies

, Trystan Watson

, Jenny Nelson, James Durrant

, Zhe Li

, Wing C. Tsoi, Wing Chung Tsoi

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Volume: 9, Issue: 27, Pages: 22739 - 22747

Swansea University Authors: Catherine De Castro , Matthew Davies , Trystan Watson , James Durrant , Zhe Li , Wing Chung Tsoi

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The photochemistry and stability of fullerene ﬁlms is found to be 11 strongly dependent upon ﬁlm nanomorphology. In particular, PC61BM blend ﬁlms, 12 dispersed with polystyrene, are found to be more susceptible to photobleaching in 13 air than the more aggregated neat ﬁlms. This enhanced photobleach...

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Impact of Aggregation on the Photochemistry of Fullerene Films: Correlating Stability to Triplet Exciton Kinetics

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