Effect of addition of a diblock copolymer on blend morphology and performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene):perylene diimide solar cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1775-1777

  Rajaram, Sridhar ^a   Armstrong, Paul B ^a,b   Bumjoon J Kim, ^b   Fréchet, Jean M J ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AFM; ANNEALING CONDITION; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; COMB POLYMERS; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; EFFECT OF ADDITION; FILL FACTOR; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; PERYLENE; PERYLENEDIIMIDE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); REGIOREGULAR P3HT; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 66149143186     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm900911x     Document Type: Article

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