The influence of binary processing additives on the performance of polymer solar cells

Nanoscale

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 14297-14304

  Liu, Chang ^a   Hu, Xiaowen ^a,c   Zhong, Chengmei ^b,c   Huang, Mingjun ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Zhang, Zhan ^a   Gong, Xiong ^a,c   Cao, Yong ^c   Heeger, Alan J ^b  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS;

1 ,8-OCTANEDITHIOL; 1-CHLORONAPHTHALENE; BINARY PROCESSING; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); FILM MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOPHYSICAL STUDIES; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 84908870633     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr04958f     Document Type: Article

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