Guided crystallization of P3HT in ternary blend solar cell based on P3HT:PCPDTBT:PCBM

Gu, Yu; Wang, Cheng; Liu, Feng; Chen, Jihua; Dyck, Ondrej E.; Duscher, Gerd; Russell, Thomas P.

doi:10.1039/c4ee02004a

Title: Guided crystallization of P3HT in ternary blend solar cell based on P3HT:PCPDTBT:PCBM

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ee02004a· OSTI ID:1370269

Gu, Yu ^[1]; Wang, Cheng ^[2]; Liu, Feng ^[1]; Chen, Jihua ^[3]; Dyck, Ondrej E. ^[4]; Duscher, Gerd ^[4]; Russell, Thomas P. ^[1]

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Amherst, USA
Advanced Light Source; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Berkeley, USA
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, USA

In ternary blend of P3HT:PCPDTBT:PC₆₁BM, bundles of well-defined P3HT fibrils formed a network in a matrix comprised of a mixture of P3HT, PCPDTBT and PCBM yielding a 27% improvement in device efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy (PHaSE)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001087

OSTI ID:: 1370269

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 7, Issue 11; Related Information: PHaSE partners with University of Massachusetts, Amherst (lead) and Lowell; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Pennsylvania State University; Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute; University of Pittsburgh; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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