Phase diagram of P3HT/PCBM blends and its implication for the stability of morphology

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1587-1591

  Zhao, Jun ^a   Swinnen, Ann ^b,c   Van Assche, Guy ^a   Manca, Jean ^b   Vanderzande, Dirk ^b   Van Mele, Bruno ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GLASS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIOPHENE; TOLUENE;

BUTYRIC ACIDS; CONCENTRATION OF; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIORS; DICHLOROBENZENE; FILM MORPHOLOGIES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; METHYL ESTERS; MODULATED TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIES; OPERATING WINDOWS; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SINGLE GLASS TRANSITIONS; SOLVENT CASTINGS; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 61949457586     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp804151a     Document Type: Article

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