Distorted asymmetric cubic nanostructure of soluble fullerene crystals in efficient polymer: Fullerene solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2557-2562

  Kim, Youngkyoo ^a,b   Nelson, Jenny ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Cook, Steffan ^a   Durrant, James R ^a   Kim, Hwajeong ^a,b   Park, Jiho ^b   Shin, Minjung ^b   Nam, Sungho ^b   Heeney, Martin ^c   McCulloch, Iain ^a,c   Ha, Chang Sik ^d   Bradley, Donal D C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric nanostructure; Field emission transmission electron microscopy; Polymer solar cells; Raman scattering; Soluble fullerene

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC NANOSTRUCTURE; BODY-CENTERED CUBIC CRYSTALS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONCENTRATION ANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLUBLE FULLERENE; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FULLERENES;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FULLERENES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THIOPHENES;

EID: 70349541008     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900798m     Document Type: Article

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