Journal
SYNTHETIC METALS
Volume 160, Issue 9-10, Pages 876-882Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2010.01.038
Keywords
Poly-3-hexylthiophene; Fullerene; Polymer solar cells; Morphology; Quenching; Crystallinity
Funding
- Department of Science and Technology of South Africa
- Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa [HGERA7S]
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In this report the effect of solvent to control the degree of mixing of the polymer and fullerene components, as well as the domain size and charge transport properties of the blends were investigated in detail using P3HT:C-60 films. The polymer blend films spin coated from faster evaporating, non-aromatic solvents demonstrated an improved ordering and optical absorption in P3HT and blended films, indicating that the limited solubility of P3HT:C-60 in a marginal solvent can lead directly to optimal morphologies on the films. The PL quenched by a factor of 3 after blending the P3HT with C-60 in a 1:1 wt. ratio using CB, xylene. DCB, and toluene as solvents, indicating a partially charge transfer from P3HT to C-60. A complete reduction in the PL intensity was observed in the film spin-coated from chloroform. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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