Enhanced vertical concentration gradient in rubbed P3HT:PCBM graded bilayer solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1820-1823

  Vohra, Varun ^a   Arrighetti, Gianmichele ^b   Barba, Luisa ^b   Higashimine, Koichi ^a   Porzio, William ^c   Murata, Hideyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Istituto per Lo Studio Delle Macromolecole (ISMAC)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BI-LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR CONCENTRATIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; ELEMENT MAPPING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL ESTERS; MOLECULAR REORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863634876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300710a     Document Type: Article

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