Visualization of hierarchical nanodomains in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1507-1513

  Wen, Jianguo ^a   Miller, Dean J ^a   Chen, Wei ^a,c   Xu, Tao ^b   Yu, Luping ^b   Darling, Seth B ^a,c   Zaluzec, Nestor J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatic aberration correction; electron energy loss spectroscopy; energy filtered transmission electron microscopy; organic photovoltaics; X ray energy dispersive spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910117476     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614001615     Document Type: Article

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