Nano structure evolution in P3HT:PC61BM blend films due to the effects of thermal annealing or by adding solvent

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/7/078401

Abstract

Crystallographic dynamics of blend films of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) mixed with [6-6-]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) treated by thermal annealing or by adding solvent 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) are characterized by 2D-grazing incidence x-ray diffraction (2D-GIXRD). The results show that the P3HT chains are primarily oriented with the thiophene ring edge-on to the substrate, with a small fraction of chains oriented plane-on. The interplanar spacing becomes narrow after being treated by DIO, and the coherence length of the P3HT crystallites increases after being treated by thermal annealing or DIO, which is accompanied by a change in the orientation angle of the P3HT lamellae. The increased ordering of P3HT packing induced by thermal annealing or adding DIO contributes to enhanced photovoltaic performance.

Keywords: polymer solar cell (PSC) additive morphology grazing incidence x-ray diffraction (GIXRD)

Received: 01 January 2015
Revised: 12 February 2015
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PACS:	84.60.Jt	(Photoelectric conversion)
	79.60.Jv	(Interfaces; heterostructures; nanostructures)
	68.55.-a	(Thin film structure and morphology)
	71.20.Rv	(Polymers and organic compounds)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51272022 and 11474018), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20120009130005), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 2012JBZ001).

Corresponding Authors: Zhao Su-Ling
E-mail: slzhao@bjtu.edu.cn

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Fan Xing (樊星), Zhao Su-Ling (赵谡玲), Chen Yu (陈雨), Zhang Jie (张杰), Yang Qian-Qian (杨倩倩), Gong Wei (龚伟), Yuan Meng-Yao (苑梦尧), Xu Zheng (徐征), Xu Xu-Rong (徐叙瑢) Nano structure evolution in P3HT:PC₆₁BM blend films due to the effects of thermal annealing or by adding solvent 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 078401

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