Use of a commercially available nucleating agent to control the morphological development of solution-processed small molecule bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Autor:	Natalie Stingelin, John A. Love, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Alexander Sharenko, Neil D. Treat, Michael F. Toney
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Materials science Organic solar cell Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Nucleation Nanotechnology General Chemistry 7. Clean energy Small molecule Polymer solar cell law.invention Solvent law Molecule General Materials Science Crystallite Crystallization
Zdroj:	J. Mater. Chem. A. 2:15717-15721
ISSN:	2050-7496 2050-7488
DOI:	10.1039/c4ta03469d
Popis:	The nucleating agent DMDBS is used to modulate the crystallization of solution-processed small molecule donor molecules in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic (BHJ OPV) devices. This control over donor molecule crystallization leads to a reduction in optimized thermal annealing times as well as smaller donor molecule crystallites, and therefore more efficient devices, when using an excessive amount of solvent additive. We therefore demonstrate the use of nucleating agents as a powerful and versatile processing strategy for solution-processed, small molecule BHJ OPVs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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