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- Hou, L. T., et al.
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Lateral Phase Separation Gradients in Spin-Coated Thin Films of High-Performance Polymer: Fullerene Photovoltaic Blends
- 2011
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Ingår i: Advanced Functional Materials. - 1616-301X. ; 21:16, s. 3169-3175
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, it is demonstrated that a finer nanostructure produced under a rapid rate of solvent removal significantly improves charge separation in a high-performance polymer: fullerene bulk-heterojunction blend. During spin-coating, variations in solvent evaporation rate give rise to lateral phase separation gradients with the degree of coarseness decreasing away from the center of rotation. As a result, across spin-coated thin films the photocurrent at the first interference maximum varies as much as 25%, which is much larger than any optical effect. This is investigated by combining information on the surface morphology of the active layer imaged by atomic force microscopy, the 3D nanostructure imaged by electron tomography, film formation during the spin coating process imaged by optical interference and photocurrent generation distribution in devices imaged by a scanning light pulse technique. The observation that the nanostructure of organic photovoltaic blends can strongly vary across spin-coated thin films will aid the design of solvent mixtures suitable for high molecular-weight polymers and of coating techniques amenable to large area processing.
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- Admassie, Shimelis, et al.
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A polymer photodiode using vapour-phase polymerized PEDOT as an anode
- 2005
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Ingår i: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. - 0927-0248. ; 90, s. 133-141
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report the photovoltaic properties of devices made using a highly conducting polymer electrode, from vapor-phase polymd. poly (3,4-ethylenedioxy) thiophene (VPP PEDOT) on glass substrate as an anode and a polyfluorene copolymer poly[2,7-(9,9-dioctyl-fluorene)-alt-5,5-(4',7'-di-2thienyl-2',1'3'-benzothiadiazole)] (APFO-3) mixed with [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methylester (PCBM) in the ratio of 1:4 as the active layer. The device performance was compared with that of devices made with PEDOT-PSS on glass substrates. The surfaces of VPP PEDOT were imaged using at. force microscopy (AFM). [on SciFinder (R)]
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- Admassie, Shimelis, et al.
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Electrochemical and optical studies of the band gaps of alternating polyfluorene copolymers
- 2006
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Ingår i: Synthetic Metals. ; 156:7-8, s. 614-623
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The electrochemical and optical properties of a series of alternating polyfluorene copolymers with low band gaps were determined. These polymers incorporated fluorene units alternating with groups including electron-withdrawing (A) and electron-donating (D) groups in donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) sequence to achieve the lowering of band gaps. The polymers were solvent-casted on platinum disk electrode and the band gaps were estimated from cyclic voltammetry (CV). These values were compared with values obtained from optical absorption measurements. Although the electrochemically determined band gaps were found to be slightly higher than the optical band gap in most cases, values are well correlated. The values of the band gaps determined range from 2.1 to 1.3 eV. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Andersson, Mattias, et al.
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Mixed C60/C70 based fullerene acceptors in polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells
- 2012
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Ingår i: Organic electronics. - Elsevier. - 1566-1199. ; 13:12, s. 2856-2864
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Different mixtures of identically substituted C60 and C70 based fullerens have been used as acceptors in three polymer: fullerene systems that strongly express various performance limiting aspects of bulk heterojunction solar cells. Results are correlated with, and discussed in terms of e.g. morphology, charge separation, and charge transport. In these systems, there appears to be no relevant differences in either mobility or energy level positions between the identically substituted C60 and C70 based fullerenes tested. Examples of how fullerene mixtures influence the nano-morphology of the active layer are given. An upper limit to the open circuit voltage that can be obtained with fullerenes is also suggested.
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- Andersson, Mats R., et al.
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Electroluminescence from Substituted Poly(thiophenes) : From Blue to Near-Infrared
- 1995
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Ingår i: Macromolecules. - American Chemical Society. - 0024-9297. ; 28:22, s. 7525-7529
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report a systematic approach to the control of the conjugation length along the poly(thiophene) backbone. The planarity of the main chain can be permanently modified by altering the pattern of substitution and character of the substituents on the poly(thiophene) chain, and the conjugation length is thus modified. We obtain blue, green, orange, red, and near-infrared electroluminescence from four chemically distinct poly(thiophenes). The external quantum efficiencies are in the range of 0.01-0.6%.
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- Andersson, Mats R., et al.
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Improved photoluminescence efficiency of films from conjugated polymers
- 1997
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Ingår i: Synthetic metals. - Elsevier. - 0379-6779. ; 85:1-3, s. 1383-1384
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have demonstrated two general ways to increase the photoluminescence efficiency of films from conjugated polymers. One is to disperse the conjugated polymer on a molecular level by using attractive forces between the conjugated polymer and the matrix. The other method is to substitute the conjugated polymer with side chains which separates the conjugated backbones. Using this idea a new poly(thiophene) with a photoluminescence efficiency of 16% in films has been prepared. LEDs from this polymer exhibit an external efficiency of 0.1% for single layer and 0.7% for double layer diodes.
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- Andersson, Mats R., et al.
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Regioselective polymerization of 3-(4-octylphenyl)thiophene with FeCl3
- 1994
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Ingår i: Macromolecules. - American Chemical Society. - 0024-9297. ; 27:22, s. 6503-6506
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have shown that it is possible to regioselectively polymerize 3-(4-octylphenyl) thiophene with FeCl3. Adding FeCl3 slowly to the monomer leads to a soft and therefore regioselective polymerization. The head-to-tail content was determined by H-1 NMR to be 94 +/- 2%. Thin films of the polymer treated with chloroform vapor have an absorption maximum at 602 nm (2.06 eV) with clear vibronic fine structure. Free standing films have a conductivity of 4 S/cm, which is 100 times higher than for earlier prepared poly(3-(4-octylphenyl)thiophene). A mechanism for the regioregular polymerization is also proposed.
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- Andersson, Mats R., et al.
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Synthesis of poly(alkylthiophenes) for light-emitting diodes
- 1995
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Ingår i: Synthetic metals. - Elsevier. - 0379-6779. ; 71:1-3, s. 2183-2184
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have demonstrated a general way to tune the emission of poly(alkylthiophenes) by using steric interaction between the repeating units. Light-emitting diodes prepared of the polymers have blue to near-infrared emission.
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