Mapping nanoscale variations in photochemical damage of polymer/fullerene solar cells with dissipation imaging

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 10405-10413

  Cox, Phillip A ^a   Waldow, Dean A ^b   Dupper, Torin J ^a   Jesse, Stephen ^c   Ginger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; dissipation imaging; organic solar cells; photo oxidation; photodegradation; photovoltaics; PTB7

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PTB7; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOCANTILEVERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84888876116     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404920t     Document Type: Article

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