Rationalization of the selectivity in the optimization of processing conditions for high-performance polymer solar cells based on the polymer self-assembly ability

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 29473-29481

  Yan, Han ^a,b   Zhu, Lingyun ^a,c   Li, Denghua ^a,b   Zhang, Yajie ^a   Yi, Yuanping ^d   Yang, Yanlian ^a   Wei, Zhixiang ^a   Brédas, Jean Luc ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS; SYNTHESIZED POLYMERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949114903     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5075797     Document Type: Article

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