Structural properties of the active layer of discotic hexabenzocoronene/ perylene diimide bulk hetero junction photovoltaic devices: The role of alkyl side chain length

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 307-313

  Al Hussein, M ^a   Hesse, H C ^b   Weickert, J ^b   Dossel L ^c   Feng, X ^c   Mullen K ^c   Schmidt Mende, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active layer morphology; Bulk heterojunction; Discotic liquid crystal; Organic solar cells; Scanning electron microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR COMPLEX; ACTIVE LAYER; ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; AROMATIC CORES; BLEND FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; DISCOTICS; DISORDERED STRUCTURES; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERACTION; EMPTY SPACE; HBC MOLECULES; HEXABENZOCORONENE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SHORT SIDE CHAINS; SIDE CHAIN LENGTHS; SIDE-CHAINS; SIZE DIFFERENCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; DIFFRACTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 80054018291     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.06.044     Document Type: Article

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