Influence of the microstructure on the photooxidative degradation of poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-374

  Dupuis, Aurélie ^a,b   Wong Wah Chung, Pascal ^a,b   Rivaton, Agns ^a,b   Gardette, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Degradation; Microstructure; Organic solar cells; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); UV visible light irradiation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; ARTIFICIAL AGEING; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT CARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PHOTO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFECT; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); RADICAL CHAIN OXIDATION; REGIOREGULARITY; SINGLET STATE; SOLAR LIGHT; UV-VISIBLE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CARRIER MOBILITY; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOOXIDATION; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84856242621     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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