Influence of octanedithiol on the nanomorphology of PCPDTBT:PCBM blends studied by solid-state NMR

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 210-217

  Chambon, Sylvain ^a   Mens, Raoul ^a   Vandewal, Koen ^a   Clodic, Ewan ^b   Scharber, Markus ^b   Lutsen, Laurence ^a   Gelan, Jan ^a   Manca, Jean ^a   Vanderzande, Dirk ^a   Adriaensens, Peter ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Film morphology; NMR relaxation; ODT thiols; Organic solar cells; PCPDTBT

Indexed keywords

FILM MORPHOLOGY; NMR RELAXATION; ODT THIOLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PCPDTBT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80855133480     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.061     Document Type: Article

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