Nanoimprinted semiconducting polymer films with 50 nm features and their application to organic heterojunction solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 42, 2008, Pages

  Cheyns, D ^a,b   Vasseur, K ^a,b   Rolin, C ^a   Genoe, J ^a   Poortmans, J ^a,b   Heremans, P ^a,b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ASPECT RATIO; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

FEATURE SIZES; INTERFACE AREAS; LAYER STACKS; ORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIIMIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLANARIZING; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; SHADOW EFFECTS;

POLYMER FILMS;

IMIDE; N,N' DITRIDECYL 3,4,9,10 PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIIMIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; THIOPHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; DONOR; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; VAPOR;

EID: 56349119355     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/42/424016     Document Type: Article

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