Kelvin probe force microscopy study on conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-274

  Hoppe, H ^a   Glatzel, T ^b   Niggemann, M ^c   Hinsch, A ^c   Lux Steiner, M Ch ^b   Sariciftci, N S ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOLUENE; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

ELECTRON PROPAGATION; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY (KPFM); NANOMORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FULLERENES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 14644412813     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl048176c     Document Type: Article

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