Measuring domain sizes and compositional heterogeneities in P3HT-PCBM bulk heterojunction thin films with 1H spin diffusion NMR spectroscopy

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1255-1266

  Nieuwendaal, Ryan C ^a   Ro, Hyun Wook ^a   Germack, David S ^a   Kline, R Joseph ^a   Toney, Michael F ^a   Chan, Calvin K ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a   Gundlach, David ^a   VanderHart, David L ^a   Delongchamp, Dean M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunctions; domain sizes; morphology; organic photovoltaics; solid state NMR; spin diffusion

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DOMAIN SIZE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLID STATE NMR; SPIN DIFFUSIONS;

ANNEALING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER BLENDS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THIN FILMS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84858386521     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201102138     Document Type: Article

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