New insights into morphology of high performance BHJ photovoltaics revealed by high resolution AFM

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5727-5732

  Wang, Dong ^a   Liu, Feng ^b,c   Yagihashi, Noritoshi ^a   Nakaya, Masafumi ^a   Ferdous, Sunzida ^b   Liang, Xiaobin ^a   Muramatsu, Atsushi ^a   Nakajima, Ken ^a   Russell, Thomas P ^a,b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Spectroscopy; Mechanical Properties; Morphology; Organic Photovoltaic; X ray Scattering

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

AFM; ATOMIC FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84907880599     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl5025326     Document Type: Article

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