Prediction of the active layer nanomorphology in polymer solar cells using molecular dynamics simulation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4617-4624

  Ashrafi Khajeh, Ali Reza ^a   Shankar, Karthik ^a,b   Choi, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

active layer; diblock copolymers; Flory Huggins interaction parameter; molecular dynamics simulation; nanomorphology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FLORY-HUGGINS INTERACTION PARAMETER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS);

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84879073300     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am400566f     Document Type: Article

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