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POLYMERS
Volume 15, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym15183752
Keywords
variable temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry; organic semiconductors; polymer films; ellipsometric modeling; dielectric function
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This study used variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE) and variable temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry (VTSE) to investigate the surface order and dielectric properties of P3HT:PC70BM blend films. The results showed that an ordered layer of PC70BM phase was formed on the surface of the blend films under thermal annealing.
Two combined ellipsometric techniques-variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE) and variable temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry (VTSE)-were used as tools to study the surface order and dielectric properties of thin films of a poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) mixture with a fullerene derivative (6,6-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester) (PC70BM). Under the influence of annealing, a layer of the ordered PC70BM phase was formed on the surface of the blend films. The dielectric function of the ordered PC70BM was determined for the first time and used in the ellipsometric modeling of the physical properties of the P3HT:PC70BM blend films, such as their dielectric function and thickness. The applied ellipsometric optical model of the polymer-fullerene blend treats the components of the blend as a mixture of optically ordered and disordered phases, using the effective medium approximation for this purpose. The results obtained using the constructed model showed that a layer of the ordered PC70BM phase was formed on the surface of the layer of the polymer and fullerene mixture. Namely, as a result of thermal annealing, the thickness of the layer of the ordered fullerene phase increased, while the thickness of the underlying material layer decreased.
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