Photochemical stability of conjugated polymers, electron acceptors and blends for polymer solar cells resolved in terms of film thickness and absorbance

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7592-7601

  Tromholt, Thomas ^a   Madsen, Morten Vesterager ^a   Carlé, Jon E ^a   Helgesen, Martin ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; DEGRADATION RATE; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL STABILITY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER STABILITY; PURE POLYMERS; RELATIVE STABILITIES;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84858990562     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2jm16340c     Document Type: Article

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