Evolution of vertical phase separation in P3HT:PCBM thin films induced by thermal annealing

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1207-1213

  Karagiannidis, P G ^a   Georgiou, D ^a   Pitsalidis, C ^a   Laskarakis, A ^a   Logothetidis, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Annealing; Nanostructures; Optical properties; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

AFM; ANNEALING TIME; BLEND FILMS; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CRYSTALLINITIES; DRYING RATES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; METHANOFULLERENES; NANO-METER SCALE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POST-DEPOSITION; POST-THERMAL ANNEALING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SLOW DRYING; SPECTRAL RANGE; SPIN COATING PROCESS; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; COATINGS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER FILMS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 79960562682     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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