X-ray photoemission spectroscopy study of vertical phase separation in F8BT:PDI/ITO films for photovoltaic applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9165, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Brambilla, A ^a   Calloni, A ^a   Aluicio Sardui, E ^b   Berti, G ^a   Kan, Z ^b   Beaupre S ^c   Leclerc, M ^c   Butt, H J ^d   Floudas, G ^e   Keivanidis, P E ^b   Duo L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

depth profiling; Organic photovoltaics; perylene diimide; semiconducting polymers; X ray photoemission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DEPTH PROFILING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TIN OXIDES;

LIGHT-HARVESTING LAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PERYLENE TETRACARBOXYLIC DIIMIDE; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; VERTICAL PHASE SEPARATIONS; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84922732124     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2063929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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