Nano-crystalline fullerene phases in polymer/fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells: A transmission electron microscopy study

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Hoppe, H ^a   Drees, M ^a   Schwinger, W ^a   Schaffler, F ^a   Sariciftcia, N S ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron solid diffraction; Fullerenes; Poly(phenylene vinylene) derivative; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON-SOLID DIFFRACTION; NANOSCALE PHASE SEPARATION; POLY(ETHYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 24644491429     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2005.07.217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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