In-plane alignment in organic solar cells to probe the morphological dependence of charge recombination

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1296-1303

  Awartani, Omar ^a   Kudenov, Michael W ^a   Kline, R Joseph ^b   O'Connor, Brendan T ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic electronics; Polarized light; Polymer aggregates; Quantum efficiency; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGGREGATES; BUTYRIC ACID; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLYMER FILMS; PROBES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; POLYMER AGGREGATES; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85027958847     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201403377     Document Type: Article

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