Determining the structural motif of P3HT:PCBM nanoparticulate organic photovoltaic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-48

  Ulum, Syahrul ^a   Holmes, Natalie ^a   Darwis, Darmawati ^a   Burke, Kerry ^a   David Kilcoyne, A L ^b   Zhou, Xiaojing ^a   Belcher, Warwick ^a   Dastoor, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Nanoparticle; OPV; Solar paint

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PROCESSING; METHYL ESTERS; MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROL; NANO PARTICULATES; OPV; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SOLAR PAINTS; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS; WATER-DISPERSED;

NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PAINT;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84871793496     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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