PS-b-P3HT copolymers as P3HT/PCBM interfacial compatibilizers for high efficiency photovoltaics

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 5529-5535

  Sun, Zhenzhong ^a   Xiao, Kai ^b   Keum, Jong Kahk ^b   Yu, Xiang ^b   Hong, Kunlun ^b   Browning, Jim ^b   Ivanov, Ilia N ^b   Chen, Jihua ^b   Alonzo, Jose ^b   Li, Dawen ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^b   Payzant, Edward A ^b   Rouleau, Christopher M ^b   Geohegan, David B ^b  

^a The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

compatibilizer; diblock copolymer; neutron reflectivity; organic photovoltaics; P3HT PCBM

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITIES; DEPTH PROFILE; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; INTERFACE INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL COMPATIBILIZERS; NEUTRON REFLECTIVITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; P3HT/PCBM; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COMPATIBILIZERS;

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; (6,6)-PHENYL C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; POWER SUPPLY; SUNLIGHT;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FULLERENES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYSTYRENES; SUNLIGHT; THIOPHENES;

EID: 82955207030     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103361     Document Type: Article

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