Modeling morphology evolution during solvent-based fabrication of organic solar cells

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-126

  Wodo, Olga ^a   Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard equation; Evaporation; Morphology evolution; Organic solar cells; Phase separation; Substrate patterning

Indexed keywords

BLEND RATIOS; CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR; EVAPORATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; FINITE-ELEMENT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PHASE SPACES; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROCESS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SCALE DOMAINS; SOLVENT BASED; SUBSTRATE CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEM VARIABLES; THIN-FILM DEPOSITIONS; TIME SPAN; VOLATILE SOLVENTS;

ELECTRONS; EVAPORATION; FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84855784008     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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