Device characteristics of bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells are independent of interfacial segregation of active layers

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2020-2023

  Wang, He ^a   Gomez, Enrique D ^a   Kim, Jongbok ^a   Guan, Zelei ^a   Jaye, Cherno ^b   Fischer, Daniel A ^b   Kahn, Antoine ^a   Loo, Yueh Lin ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

delamination; interfacial segregation; polymer solar cells; vertical phase separation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COMPOSITION PROFILE; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; INTERFACIAL SEGREGATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; VERTICAL PHASE SEPARATION;

DELAMINATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; STEEL SHEET;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 79955057274     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm200320u     Document Type: Article

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