Solvent additive effects on small molecule crystallization in bulk heterojunction solar cells probed during spin casting

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 6380-6384

  Perez, Louis A ^a   Chou, Kang Wei ^b   Love, John A ^a   Van Der Poll, Thomas S ^c   Smilgies, Detlef M ^d   Nguyen, Thuc Quyen ^c   Kramer, Edward J ^a   Amassian, Aram ^b   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells; organic photovoltaics (OPV); solution processable small molecules; solvent additive processing; thin film morphology

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLVENT ADDITIVES; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLVENTS;

GLASS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)-POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ) SOLAR CELLS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS (OPV); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE SMALL MOLECULES; SOLVENT ADDITIVE PROCESSING; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ) SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS (OPV); SOLUTION PROCESSABLE SMALL MOLECULES; SOLVENT ADDITIVE PROCESSING; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLVENTS; THIOPHENES; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84888636285     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302389     Document Type: Article

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