Issue 11, 2010

Temperature/time-dependent crystallization of polythiophene:fullerene bulk heterojunction films for polymer solar cells

Abstract

We report the temperature/time-dependent crystallization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) in blend films of P3HT and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM). The crystallization behaviour of P3HT:PC61BM blend films was measured as a function of annealing time at two different temperatures (150 °C and 160 °C) by employing a synchrotron-radiation grazing-incidence angle X-ray diffraction (GIXD) technique. The crystallization behaviour was correlated with corresponding solar cells annealed under the same conditions. Results showed that the trend of device performance was almost in accordance with that of the (100) GIXD intensity, indicating that the nanostructure change in blend films does affect the device performance. However, the intermediate zones related to nanomorphology fluctuations, which were observed for lower temperature (140 °C) annealing, were significantly suppressed at higher temperature (150 °C and 160 °C) annealing.

Graphical abstract: Temperature/time-dependent crystallization of polythiophene:fullerene bulk heterojunction films for polymer solar cells

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jun 2010
Accepted
28 Jul 2010
First published
28 Sep 2010

Nanoscale, 2010,2, 2384-2389

Temperature/time-dependent crystallization of polythiophene:fullerene bulk heterojunction films for polymer solar cells

S. Nam, M. Shin, H. Kim and Y. Kim, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2384 DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00379D

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