期刊
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
卷 21, 期 -, 页码 160-170出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.02.017
关键词
Molecular weight; Crystallinity; Preparative gel permeation chromatography; Recombination order
资金
- Interreg Euregio-Maas-Rijn project 'ORGANEXT'
- IWT-SBO-project Polyspec
- Research Programme of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) [G.0415.14N]
- Research Programme of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) (M.ERA-NET project RADESOL)
The molecular weight of poly(3-hexylthiophene) is an important factor influencing the photovoltaic properties of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on this material. However, since different synthetic processes or repetitive soxhlet extractions - generally applied to obtain the different molecular weight batches under study - result in samples with simultaneously varying regioregularity (RR) and polydispersity index (PDI), it has not been possible yet to find an unambiguous correlation between the molecular weight and the photovoltaic performance. In the present work preparative gel permeation chromatography is introduced as a versatile technique to fractionate the donor polymer and thereby obtain a systematic variation of the number average molecular weight (M-n = 11-91 kg mol (1)) with an almost constant PDI and RR. Polymer crystallinity and conjugation length are evaluated by UV-Vis spectroscopy, rapid heat-cool calorimetry and selected area electron diffraction, and are found to be deeply affected by Mn. This in turn influences the behavior of the charge transfer state energy, measured via Fourier transform photocurrent spectroscopy, and therefore the open-circuit voltage. The short-circuit current is also affected by Mn, but mainly due to a change in absorption coefficient. The apparent recombination order is shown to be linked to the morphology of the polymer: fullerene blend and is determined using transient photovoltage and photocurrent techniques. Finally, a correlation between recombination and fill factor is also suggested. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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