Rubber-Toughened Organic Solar Cells: Miscibility–Morphology–Performance Relations

Shafe, Abdullah Al; Schrickx, Harry M.; Ding, Kan; Ade, Harald; O’Connor, Brendan T.

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01124

Rubber-Toughened Organic Solar Cells: Miscibility–Morphology–Performance Relations

Journal Article · 08 August 2023 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01124· OSTI ID:2422720

^[1]; Schrickx, Harry M. ^[2]; Ding, Kan ^[3]; Ade, Harald ^[3]; ^[2]

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Organic and Carbon Electronic Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Organic and Carbon Electronic Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronic Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2422720

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 8; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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