Interdiffusion of PCBM and P3HT reveals miscibility in a photovoltaically active blend

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-89

  Treat, Neil D ^a,b   Brady, Michael A ^a,b   Smith, Gordon ^a,b   Toney, Michael F ^c   Kramer, Edward J ^a,b   Hawker, Craig J ^a,b   Chabinyc, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS REGIONS; BI-LAYER; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; FAST DIFFUSION; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SPECIES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TWO-COMPONENT;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 79952583562     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201000023     Document Type: Article

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