Ultrasonic-assisted nanodimensional self-assembly of poly-3-hexylthiophene for organic photovoltaic cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2160-2166

  Kim, Bong Gi ^a   Kim, Myung Su ^a   Kim, Jinsang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Nanowires; Organic electronics; Photovoltaic devices; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AFM; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; NANODIMENSIONAL; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; REGIOREGULARITY; SOLVENT POLARITY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; ULTRASONIC AGITATION; XRD;

NANOWIRES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLVENTS; ULTRASONICS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 77951761017     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901568w     Document Type: Article

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