Effect of multiple adduct fullerenes on microstructure and phase behavior of P3HT: Fullerene blend films for organic solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3868-3875

  Guilbert, Anne A Y ^a   Reynolds, Luke X ^b   Bruno, Annalisa ^b   Maclachlan, Andrew ^b   King, Simon P ^b   Faist, Mark A ^c   Pires, Ellis ^c   MacDonald, J Emyr ^c   Stingelin, Natalie ^b   Haque, Saif A ^b   Nelson, Jenny ^a  

^a The Blackett Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSC; Fullerenes; Microstructure; Organic solar cells; Phase behavior; PL; TEM

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASIS; BLEND FILMS; DE-MIXING; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DSC; DSC STUDIES; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; EUTECTIC PHASE BEHAVIOR; FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; FULLERENE CONTENT; METHYL ESTERS; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PL; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); REDUCTION POTENTIAL; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; TRIS-ADDUCTS; ULTRA-FAST;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; EUTECTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FULLERENES;

EID: 84864680895     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204996w     Document Type: Article

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