Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(3-cyclohexylthiophene): synthesis, microphase separation, thin film transistors, and photovoltaic applications
- Wu, Pei-Tzu Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA - Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Ren, Guoqiang Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA - Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Kim, Felix S. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA - Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Li, Chaoxu Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Mezzenga, Raffaele Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Jenekhe, Samson A. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA - Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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22.12.2009
Published in:
- Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. - 2010, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 614-626
conjugated polymers
diblock copolymers
microphase separation
polymer solar cells
SAXS
thin-film transistors
WAXS2010
English
We report the synthesis, characterization, microphase separation, field-effect charge transport, and photovoltaic properties of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(3-cyclohexylthiophene) (P3HT-b-P3cHT). Two compositions of P3HT-b-P3cHT (HcH63 and HcH77) were synthesized with weight-average molecular weights of 155,500 and 210,800 and polydispersity indices of 1.45 and 1.57, respectively. Solvent-casted HcH77 was found to self-assemble into nanowires with a width of 12.5 ± 0.9 nm and aspect ratios of 50-120, as observed by TEM imaging. HcH77 and HcH63 annealed 280 °C were observed by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) to be microphase-separated with characteristic length scales of 17.0-21.7 nm. The microphase-separated domains were shown to be crystalline with interlayer backbone (100) d-spacings of 1.69 and 1.40 nm, which correspond to the P3HT and P3cHT blocks, respectively. Field-effect transistors fabricated from P3HT-b-P3cHT thin films showed a mobility of holes (0.0019 cm²/Vs) which is independent of thermal annealing. Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on HcH77/fullerene (PC₇₁BM) blend thin films had a maximum power conversion efficiency of 2.45% under 100 mW/cm² AM1.5 solar illumination in air. These results demonstrate that all-conjugated block copolymers are suitable semiconductors for applications in field-effect transistors and bulk heterojunction solar cells.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
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- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 17366
- DOI 10.1002/pola.23812
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/301405
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