The effect of controllable thin film crystal growth on the aggregation of a novel high panchromaticity squaraine viable for organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-208

  Spencer, Susan D ^b   Bougher, Cortney ^b   Heaphy, Patrick J ^a   Murcia, Victor M ^a   Gallivan, Cameron P ^a   Monfette, Amber ^a   Andersen, John D ^a   Cody, Jeremy A ^a   Conrad, Brad R ^b   Collison, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Aggregate; Morphology; OPV; Squaraine; UV vis NIR

Indexed keywords

AFM; DONOR-ACCEPTOR BLENDS; OPV; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SQUARAINES; THIN FILM X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; UV-VIS-NIR; UV-VIS-NIR ABSORPTION;

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84874880830     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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