The role of poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanofibers in an all-polymer blend with a polyfluorene copolymer for solar cell applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9459-9468

  Salim, Teddy ^a   Sun, Shuangyong ^a   Wong, Lydia Helena ^a   Xi, Lifei ^a   Foo, Yong Lim ^b   Lam, Yeng Ming ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-CAST; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; CHARGE TRANSPORT; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GRAZING-INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYFLUORENE COPOLYMER; POLYMER NANOFIBERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERIC CHAIN; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; STRONG INTERACTION; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

CARRIER MOBILITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 77952712281     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp911553s     Document Type: Article

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