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. 2010 Oct 15;105(16):168701.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.168701. Epub 2010 Oct 12.

Nanoparticle agglomeration in polymer-based solar cells

Jonathon W Kiel  1 , Aaron P R Eberle, Michael E Mackay
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Nanoparticle agglomeration in polymer-based solar cells

Jonathon W Kiel et al. Phys Rev Lett. .

Abstract

We show that the morphology of polymer-based solar cells substantially changes after annealing using small angle neutron scattering. Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is found reasonably well dispersed within the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) rich phase after initial processing (spin coating). However, the PCBM structure coarsens after annealing, clearly evidenced by the increase in scattering intensity at a small wave vector. The change in morphology at the nanoscale is related to improved device performance and the simultaneous, contradictory, increase in photoluminescence.

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