The influence of substrate and top electrode on the crystallization dynamics of P3HT:PCBM blends

Energy Procedia

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-68

  Lilliu, Samuele ^a   Agostinelli, Tiziano ^b   Hampton, Mark ^a   Pires, Ellis ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^b   Macdonald, J Emyr ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Grazing Incidence X Ray Diffraction; P3HT: PCBM; Thin Film

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889561350     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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