Electron donor and acceptor spatial distribution in structured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices induced by periodic photopolymerization

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 10305-10309

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Fukuchi, Yasumasa ^a   Fukasawa, Masako ^a   Sassa, Takafumi ^b   Uchiyama, Masanobu ^b   Yamashita, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Mutsuyoshi ^a   Aoyama, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; (6,6)-PHENYL C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBAZOLES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYMERIZATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863907715     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3005618     Document Type: Article

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