Effects of a heavy atom on molecular order and morphology in conjugated polymer:fullerene photovoltaic blend thin films and devices

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9646-9656

  Tsoi, Wing C ^a,b   James, David T ^a   Domingo, Ester Buchaca ^a   Kim, Jong Soo ^a   Al Hashimi, Mohammed ^a   Murphy, Craig E ^b   Stingelin, Natalie ^a   Heeney, Martin ^a   Kim, Ji Seon ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

6,6 phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester; molecular order; poly(3 hexylselenophene); poly(3 hexylthiophene); resonant Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

METHYL ESTERS; MOLECULAR ORDERS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLSELENOPHENE); RESONANT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGREGATES; ATOMS; BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; THIN FILMS; THIOPHENE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FULLERENES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84870452312     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304024g     Document Type: Article

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