Relating the morphology of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/ methanofullerene blends to solar-cell performance

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 425-434

  Van Duren, Jeroen K J ^a   Yang, Xiaoniu ^a   Loos, Joachim ^a   Bulle Lieuwma, Corrie W T ^b   Sieval, Alexander B ^c   Hummelen, Jan C ^c   Janssen, René A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FULLERENES; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; LIGHTING; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER BLENDS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEPARATION; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR-CELLS; METHANOFULLERENE BLENDS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SPIN CAST FILMS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 2942590926     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200305049     Document Type: Article

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