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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
Volume 52, Issue 13, Pages 900-906Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23506
Keywords
block copolymers; conducting polymers; crystallization; films; organic photovoltaics; poly(3-alkylthiophene); poly(9; 9-dioctylfluorene); poly(3-dodecylthiophene); rod-rod polymers
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [CBET-1264703]
- Shell Center for Sustainability
- Louis and Peaches Owen
- Department of Homeland Security, Science, and Technology Division [2009-ST-062-000031]
- US DOE [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-98CH10886]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1264703] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Control of the crystallization of conjugated polymers is of critical importance to the performance of organic electronics, such as organic photovoltaic devices, due to the effect on charge separation and transport, particularly for all-polymer devices. The block copolymer poly(3-dodecylthiophene)-block-poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) (P3DDT-b-PF), which has matched crystallization temperatures for each block, is used to study the effects of processing history on resulting crystallization. For longer annealing times and rapid quenching to room temperature, P3DDT crystals are preferred whereas for shorter annealing times and slower quenching, PF crystals are preferred. Both crystal forms are evidenced for long annealing time and slow quenching. Additionally, for room temperature annealing in the presence of a chloroform vapor, PF crystals are found in the PF phase with the predominant crystal peak oriented perpendicular to the thermally annealed case. These results will provide guidance for optimizing annealing strategies for future donor/acceptor block copolymer photovoltaic devices. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014, 52, 900-906
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