Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymer:fullerene nanoparticle films with thermally stable morphology for organic photovoltaic applications

Holmes, Natalie P.; Vaughan, Ben; Williams, Evan L.; Kroon, Renee; Anderrson, Mats R.; Kilcoyne, A. L. David; Sonar, Prashant; Zhou, Xiaojing; Dastoor, Paul C.; Belcher, Warwick J.

doi:10.1557/mrc.2017.3

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymer:fullerene nanoparticle films with thermally stable morphology for organic photovoltaic applications

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 23:00:00 EST 2017 · MRS Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.3· OSTI ID:1604640

Holmes, Natalie P. ^[1]; Vaughan, Ben ^[2]; Williams, Evan L. ^[3]; Kroon, Renee ^[4]; Anderrson, Mats R. ^[4]; Kilcoyne, A. L. David ^[5]; Sonar, Prashant ^[6]; Zhou, Xiaojing ^[1]; Dastoor, Paul C. ^[1]; Belcher, Warwick J. ^[1]

Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW (Australia)
Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW (Australia); CSIRO Energy Technology, Newcastle, NSW (Australia)
Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore (Singapore)
Univ. of South Australia, SA (Australia); Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goteborg (Sweden)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore (Singapore); Queensland Univ. of Technology (QUT), Brisbane (Australia)

Polymer:fullerene nanoparticles (NPs) offer two key advantages over bulk heterojunction (BHJ) films for organic photovoltaics (OPVs), water-processability and potentially superior morphological control. Once an optimal active layer morphology is reached, maintaining this morphology at OPV operating temperatures is key to the lifetime of a device. Here we study the morphology of the PDPP-TNT (poly{3,6-dithiophene-2-yl-2,5-di(2-octyldodecyl)-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione-alt-naphthalene}):PC₇₁BM ([6,6]-phenyl C₇₁ butyric acid methyl ester) NP system and then compare the thermal stability of NP and BHJ films to the common poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT): phenyl C₆₁ butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) system. Finally, we find that material T_g plays a key role in the superior thermal stability of the PDPP-TNT:PC₇₁BM system; whereas for the P3HT:PC₆₁BM system, domain structure is critical.

Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); Commonwealth of Australia

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1604640

Journal Information:: MRS Communications, Journal Name: MRS Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2159-6859

Publisher:: Materials Research Society - Cambridge University Press

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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