Rational design of ternary-phase polymer solar cells by controlling polymer phase separation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 10552-10559

  Yan, Han ^a,b   Li, Denghua ^a,b   Zhang, Yajie ^a   Yang, Yanlian ^a   Wei, Zhixiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; LOADING; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFERS; HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POLYMER PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84901358573     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4108188     Document Type: Article

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