Comparison of the photovoltaic characteristics and nanostructure of fullerenes blended with conjugated polymers with siloxane-terminated and branched aliphatic side chains

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 431-440

  Kim, Do Hwan ^a,c   Ayzner, Alexander L ^a,b   Appleton, Anthony L ^a   Schmidt, Kristin ^b   Mei, Jianguo ^a   Toney, Michael F ^b   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DIO; molecular packing; organic photovoltaics; siloxane side chain; thin film morphology; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

DIO; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SIDE-CHAINS; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84873693512     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm303572d     Document Type: Article

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