In-situ monitoring of molecular vibrations of two organic semiconductors in photovoltaic blends and their impact on thin film morphology

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Tsoi, Wing C ^a   Zhang, Weimin ^a   Razzell Hollis, Joseph ^a   Suh, Minwon ^b   Heeney, Martin ^a   McCulloch, Iain ^a   Kim, Ji Seon ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESONANT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

BLENDING; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; THIOPHENE;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84877307318     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4803912     Document Type: Article

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