Understanding the influence of morphology on poly(3-hexylselenothiophene): PCBM solar cells

Amy M. Ballantyne; Toby A.M. Ferenczi; Mariano Campoy-Quiles; Tracey M. Clarke; Andrea Maurano; Kien Hon Wong; Weimin Zhang; Natalie Stingelin-Stutzmann; Ji Seon Kim; Donal D.C. Bradley; James R. Durrant; Iain McCulloch; Martin Heeney; Jenny Nelson; Steve Tierney; Warren Duffy; Christian Mueller; Paul Smith

doi:10.1021/ma902477h

Understanding the influence of morphology on poly(3-hexylselenothiophene): PCBM solar cells

Amy M. Ballantyne, Toby A.M. Ferenczi, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, Tracey M. Clarke, Andrea Maurano, Kien Hon Wong, Weimin Zhang, Natalie Stingelin-Stutzmann, Ji Seon Kim, Donal D.C. Bradley, James R. Durrant, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Jenny Nelson, Steve Tierney, Warren Duffy, Christian Mueller, Paul Smith

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The microstructure, charge transport and charge dynamics in blend films of P3HS:PCBM in comparison with P3HT:PCBM in attempt to identify the reasons for the poorer performance in P3HS:PCBM photovoltaic devices. P3HT:PCBM and P3HS:PCBM films were imaged using micro-Raman spectroscopy mapping in order to compare microstructure and phase separation. Both polymer and polymer:PCBM blend solutions were prepared using chlorobenzene and stirred for 24 h to fully dissolve the polymer. P3HT:PCBM and P3HS:PCBM blend films (1:1) were spin-coated onto quartz substrates from warm solutions. Because of low solubility of P3HS P3HS:PCBM films were spin-coated onto substrates that were 80°C. All films were deposited in a clean room with a filtered air environment. Some blend films were thermally annealed at 140°C for 30 mm in a dry nitrogen environment. The result show that fine control of blend film microstructure through the self-organizing properties of the component materials is essential to realize the potential of new organic photovoltaic materials.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1169-1174
Number of pages	6
Journal	Macromolecules
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ma902477h
State	Published - Feb 9 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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Ballantyne, A. M., Ferenczi, T. A. M., Campoy-Quiles, M., Clarke, T. M., Maurano, A., Wong, K. H., Zhang, W., Stingelin-Stutzmann, N., Kim, J. S., Bradley, D. D. C., Durrant, J. R., McCulloch, I., Heeney, M., Nelson, J., Tierney, S., Duffy, W., Mueller, C., & Smith, P. (2010). Understanding the influence of morphology on poly(3-hexylselenothiophene): PCBM solar cells. Macromolecules, 43(3), 1169-1174. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma902477h

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