Visualization of sub-nanometer scale multi-orientational ordering in thin films of polymer/non-fullerene acceptor blends

Bothra, Urvashi; Hui, Pramiti; Tan, Wen Liang; Gann, Eliot; Venugopal, Hariprasad; Subramaniam, Chandramouli; Liu, Amelia C.  Y.; McNeill, Christopher R.; Kabra, Dinesh

doi:10.1039/d2ta05083h

Visualization of sub-nanometer scale multi-orientational ordering in thin films of polymer/non-fullerene acceptor blends

Journal Article · 01 January 2022 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ta05083h· OSTI ID:2425520

^[1]; Hui, Pramiti ^[2]; Tan, Wen Liang ^[3]; ^[4]; Venugopal, Hariprasad ^[5]; ^[2]; ^[6]; ^[3]; ^[7]

IITB-Monash Research Academy, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 400076, India; Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
Materials Measurement Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
Ramaciotti Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India

A range of advanced imaging techniques are employed to study the micron- and nano-scale morphology of a polymer/non-fullerene acceptor blend. Cryo-electron microscopy in particular reveals nanoscale variations in molecular orientation and order.

Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2425520

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 10; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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