Revealing nanoscale phase separation in small-molecule photovoltaic blends by plasmonic contrast in the TEM

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1100-1104

  Schindler, Wolfram ^a   Wollgarten, Markus ^a   Fostiropoulos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Organic bulk heterojunction solar cell; Phase separation; TEM spectrum imaging

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CONVENTIONAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; ORGANIC BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; TEM SPECTRUM IMAGING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84859321899     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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