Polymer nanoparticle superlattices for organic photovoltaic applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3085-3091

  Labastide, Joelle A ^a   Baghgar, Mina ^a   Dujovne, Irene ^a   Yang, Yipeng ^a   Dinsmore, Anthony D ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^b   Venkataraman, Dhandapani ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY NANOPARTICLES; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOPHYSICS; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES;

FILM PREPARATION; SUPERLATTICES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84862587232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2012275     Document Type: Article

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