Raman and low temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy of polymer disorder in bulk heterojunction solar cell films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Carach, C ^a   Riisness, I ^a   Gordon, M J ^a  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDED FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; LINE SHAPE; LOW TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHYL ESTERS; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; PLANARIZATION; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER AGGREGATES; POLYMER CHAINS; SMALL CONCENTRATION; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSIONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84865495174     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4747320     Document Type: Article

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