Nanofibrillar self-organization of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester by dip-coating: a simple method to obtain efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells.
In this paper the dip-coating technique has been investigated as a method for the production of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (RR-P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)-based solar cells. We found that the utilization of the dip-coating technique for the RR-P3HT:PCBM system can facilitate its self-assembly into a nanofibrillar lamellar structure after evaporation of the solvent. The condition for the formation of the nanofibrillar structures leads to a power conversion efficiency of 3.6% by using only this approach without thermal treatment.
Valentini
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, NIPLAB-INSTM, UdR Perugia, Terni, Italy. mic@unipg.it
Bagnis
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Kenny
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D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010316:Particle Size; D012666:Semiconductors; D012993:Solar Energy; D013499:Surface Properties
C539575:(6,6)-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester; D037741:Fullerenes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; C526212:poly(3-hexyl)selenophene