Bimolecular crystals of fullerenes in conjugated polymers and the implications of molecular mixing for solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1173-1179

  Mayer, A C ^a   Toney, Michael F ^b   Scully, Shawn R ^a   Rivnay, Jonathan ^a   Brabec, Christoph J ^c   Scharber, Marcus ^c   Koppe, Marcus ^c   Heeney, Martin ^d   McCulloch, Iain ^e   McGehee, Michael D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEND RATIOS; BLENDING RATIO; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE MOLECULES; METHOXY; MOLECULAR MIXING; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; MOLECULAR SCALE; NOVEL MATERIALS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OTHER APPLICATIONS; POLYMER-FULLERENE; QUENCHED-IN CRYSTALS; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SIDE CHAINS; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

BLENDING; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRYSTALS; DERIVATIVES; EXCITONS; FREE VOLUME; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGHT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE;

FULLERENES;

EID: 66549122389     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200801684     Document Type: Article

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