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Title: Optimizing domain size and phase purity in all-polymer solar cells by solution ordered aggregation and confinement effect of the acceptor

Abstract

We optimized the domain size and phase purity of J51:N2200 blends by changing solvent to promote solution ordered aggregation and the confinement of acceptor N2200 to J51 during phase separation.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
  2. State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P. R. China
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1568929
Grant/Contract Number:  
No. DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry C Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 40; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7526
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Zhang, Qiang, Chen, Zhenyu, Ma, Wei, Xie, Zhiyuan, and Han, Yanchun. Optimizing domain size and phase purity in all-polymer solar cells by solution ordered aggregation and confinement effect of the acceptor. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/C9TC03697K.
Zhang, Qiang, Chen, Zhenyu, Ma, Wei, Xie, Zhiyuan, & Han, Yanchun. Optimizing domain size and phase purity in all-polymer solar cells by solution ordered aggregation and confinement effect of the acceptor. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC03697K
Zhang, Qiang, Chen, Zhenyu, Ma, Wei, Xie, Zhiyuan, and Han, Yanchun. Thu . "Optimizing domain size and phase purity in all-polymer solar cells by solution ordered aggregation and confinement effect of the acceptor". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC03697K.
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title = {Optimizing domain size and phase purity in all-polymer solar cells by solution ordered aggregation and confinement effect of the acceptor},
author = {Zhang, Qiang and Chen, Zhenyu and Ma, Wei and Xie, Zhiyuan and Han, Yanchun},
abstractNote = {We optimized the domain size and phase purity of J51:N2200 blends by changing solvent to promote solution ordered aggregation and the confinement of acceptor N2200 to J51 during phase separation.},
doi = {10.1039/C9TC03697K},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry C},
number = 40,
volume = 7,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Thu Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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