Electron-Accepting π-Conjugated Systems for Organic Photovoltaics: Influence of Structural Modification on Molecular Orientation at Donor-Acceptor Interfaces

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1705-1713

  Jinnai, Seihou ^a   Ie, Yutaka ^a   Karakawa, Makoto ^a   Aernouts, Tom ^b   Nakajima, Yukihiro ^c   Mori, Shogo ^c   Aso, Yoshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 84962156824     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04551     Document Type: Article

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