Effects of solvent mixtures on the nanoscale phase separation in polymer solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1783-1789

  Yao, Yan ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Li, Gang ^b   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Solarmer Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CLADDING (COATING); DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLVENTS; SPIN COATING; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ACTIVE LAYERS; MIXED SOLVENTS; NANO-MORPHOLOGY; NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLVENT MIXTURES; SPIN COATINGS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 47349122170     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200701459     Document Type: Article

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