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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 2, Issue 21, Pages 2737-2741Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jz201325g
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The electronic and geometric structure of a prototypical polymer/fullerene interface used in photovoltaic cells (P3HT/PCBM) is investigated theoretically using a combination of classical and quantum simulation methods. It is shown that the electronic structure of P3HT in contact with PCBM is significantly altered compared to bulk P3HT. Due to the additional free volume of the interface, P3HT chains close to PCBM are more disordered, and consequently, they are characterized by an increased band gap. Excitons and holes are therefore repelled by the interface. This provides a possible explanation of the low recombination efficiency and supports the direct formation of quasi-free charge-separated species at the interface.
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