A direct evidence of morphological degradation on a nanometer scale in polymer solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 6760-6764

  Schaffer, Christoph J ^a   Palumbiny, Claudia M ^a   Niedermeier, Martin A ^a   Jendrzejewski, Christian ^a   Santoro, Gonzalo ^b   Roth, Stephan V ^b   Müller Buschbaum, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; degradation; in situ grazing incidence small angle X ray scattering (GISAXS); morphology; organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANO-METER SCALE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICS; SCATTERING; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

SOLAR CELLS;

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; (6,6)-PHENYL C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE 2,5 DIYL); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2,5-DIYL); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; IN SITU GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (GISAXS); MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEGRADATION; IN SITU GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (GISAXS); MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS;

FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84890127562     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302854     Document Type: Article

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