Probing ultrafast charge separation at organic donor/acceptor interfaces by a femtosecond electric field meter

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作者
Kaake, L. G. [1 ]
Jailaubekov, A. [1 ]
Williams, K. J. [1 ]
Zhu, X. -Y. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Chem & Biochem, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; DYNAMICS; CELLS;
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10.1063/1.3632062
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Charge separation at organic donor/acceptor interfaces is a key step in the functioning of an organic photovoltaic cell, but experimental techniques that uniquely probe the interface on ultrafast time scales are absent. Here, we apply a technique sensitive to interfacial charge separation based on four-wave mixing to follow the transient electric field at the donor/acceptor interface. Examining the model system of copper phthalocyannine (CuPc) and fullerene (C-60) bilayers, we observe ultrafast electron transfer from photoexcited CuPc to C-60 on a 80 +/- 20 fs time scale. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3632062]
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