X-ray microscopy of photovoltaic polyfluorene blends: Relating nanomorphology to device performance

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3263-3270

  McNeill, Christopher R ^a   Watts, Benjamin ^b   Thomsen, Lars ^c   Ade, Harald ^b   Greenham, Neil C ^a   Dastoor, Paul C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEND FILMS; NANOMORPHOLOGY; POLYFLUORENE BLENDS; STXM; X-RAY MICROSCOPY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY MICROSCOPES; XYLENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 34248561396     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma070132d     Document Type: Article

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