Improved phase separation in polymer solar cells by solvent blending

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 868-874

  Kästner, Christian ^a   Muhsin, Burhan ^a   Wild, Andreas ^b   Egbe, Daniel A M ^c   Rathgeber, Silke ^d   Hoppe, Harald ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d University of Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy (AFM); blending; GiWAXS; photophysics; thin films

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; GIWAXS; PHOTOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION; PHOTOPHYSICS; POLY(P-PHENYLENE-ETHYNYLENE); SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLID-STATE MORPHOLOGY; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLENDING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84876497820     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23286     Document Type: Article

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