Influence of different copolymer sequences in low band gap polymers on their performance in organic solar cells

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1622-1635

  Lange, Alexander ^a   Krueger, Hartmut ^a   Ecker, Bernhard ^b   Tunc, Ali Veysel ^b   Von Hauff, Elizabeth ^b   Morana, Mauro ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

diblock copolymers; morphology; organic solar cells; phase behavior; random copolymers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHEMICAL DESIGNS; COMONOMERS; COPOLYMER SEQUENCE; COPOLYMER STRUCTURE; FILL FACTOR; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE TEXTURES;

BLENDING; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARRIER MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84858163373     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.25933     Document Type: Article

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