Time-resolved neutron reflectometry and photovoltaic device studies on sequentially deposited PCDTBT-fullerene layers

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 11474-11484

  Clulow, Andrew J ^a   Tao, Chen ^a   Lee, Kwan H ^a   Velusamy, Marappan ^a   McEwan, Jake A ^a   Shaw, Paul E ^a   Yamada, Norifumi L ^b   James, Michael ^c,d   Burn, Paul L ^a   Gentle, Ian R ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; TIME-RESOLVED;

EID: 84907462470     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la5020779     Document Type: Article

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