Correlating dilute solvent interactions to morphology and OPV device performance

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2431-2443

  Chang, Lilian ^a   Jacobs, Ian E ^a   Augustine, Matthew P ^b   Moulé, Adam J ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Cross link; Device longevity; Morphology; Organic photovoltaic; Solvent additive

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BUTYRIC ACID; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); DEVICE LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SOLVENT ADDITIVES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84885608839     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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