Comparing matched polymer:Fullerene solar cells made by solution-sequential processing and traditional blend casting: Nanoscale structure and device performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 17413-17425

  Hawks, Steven A ^a   Aguirre, Jordan C ^b   Schelhas, Laura T ^b   Thompson, Robert J ^b   Huber, Rachel C ^b   Ferreira, Amy S ^b   Zhang, Guangye ^b   Herzing, Andrew A ^c   Tolbert, Sarah H ^a,b   Schwartz, Benjamin J ^b  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; P3HT:PCBM HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

BORON CARBIDE;

EID: 84905837071     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504560r     Document Type: Article

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