Reassessing the Significance of Reduced Aggregation and Crystallinity of Naphthalene Diimide-Based Copolymer Acceptors in All-Polymer Solar Cells

Vu, Doan; Jevric, Martyn; Bjuggren, Jonas M.; Wang, Chao; Pan, Xun; Thomsen, Lars; Gann, Eliot; Andersson, Mats R.; McNeill, Christopher R.

doi:10.1021/acsapm.1c01822

Reassessing the Significance of Reduced Aggregation and Crystallinity of Naphthalene Diimide-Based Copolymer Acceptors in All-Polymer Solar Cells

Journal Article · 28 March 2022 · ACS Applied Polymer Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01822· OSTI ID:1982005

^[1]; Jevric, Martyn ^[2]; Bjuggren, Jonas M. ^[2]; Wang, Chao ^[1]; ^[2]; Thomsen, Lars ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[2]; ^[1]

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Materials Measurement Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1982005

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Vol. 4, Issue 5; ISSN 2637-6105

Publisher:: ACS Publications

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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