Determination of phase diagrams of binary and ternary organic semiconductor blends for organic photovoltaic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3465-3471

  Li, Ning ^a   MacHui, Florian ^a   Waller, David ^c   Koppe, Markus ^d   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^c KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^d Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Organic photovoltaic devices; P3HT PCBM PCPDTBT; Phase diagram; Ternary blends

Indexed keywords

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ENERGY LEVEL; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; METHYL ESTERS; MIXING BEHAVIORS; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR BLENDS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT/PCBM/PCPDTBT; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SCIENCE; TERNARY BLENDS;

BUTYRIC ACID; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 80053614246     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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