Quantifying Interfacial Electric Fields and Local Crystallinity in Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

Gearba, Raluca I.; Mills, Travis; Morris, Josh; Pindak, Ron; Black, Charles T.; Zhu, Xiaoyang

doi:10.1002/adfm.201100139

Title: Quantifying Interfacial Electric Fields and Local Crystallinity in Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

Journal Article · Tue May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201100139· OSTI ID:1380651

Gearba, Raluca I.; Mills, Travis; Morris, Josh; Pindak, Ron; Black, Charles T.; Zhu, Xiaoyang

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials (CST)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001091

OSTI ID:: 1380651

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 21, Issue 14; Related Information: CST partners with University of Texas at Austin (lead); Sandia National Laboratories; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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