Probing the nanoscale phase separation and photophysics properties of low-bandgap polymer:fullerene blend film by near-field spectroscopic mapping

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Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2793-2800

  Wang, Xiao ^a   Azimi, Hamed ^b   MacK, Hans Georg ^a   Morana, Mauro ^b   Egelhaaf, Hans Joachim ^c   Meixner, Alfred J ^a   Zhang, Dai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

morphology; phase separation; polymers; solar cells; spectroscopic mapping

Indexed keywords

1 ,8-OCTANEDITHIOL; 2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BLEND FILMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; METHYL ESTERS; MODEL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANO SCALE; NANO-METER SCALE; NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; NEAR-FIELD; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOPHYSICS; SAMPLE SURFACE; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC MAPPING;

BUTYRIC ACID; ENERGY GAP; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; MAPPING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; (6,6)-PHENYL C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 1,8 OCTANEDITHIOL; 1,8-OCTANEDITHIOL; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(2,6 (4,4 BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) 4H CYCLOPENTA(2,1 B 3,4 B0)DITHIOPHENE)) ALT 4,7 (2,1,3 BENZOTHIADIAZOLE); POLY(2,6-(4,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)-4H-CYCLOPENTA(2,1-B-3,4-B0)DITHIOPHENE))-ALT-4,7-(2,1,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE); POLYMER; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

FULLERENES; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIADIAZOLES;

EID: 80053505576     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201101000     Document Type: Article

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