Oriented Thin Films of the Low-Band-Gap Polymer PTB7 by Friction Transfer Method

Autor: Yousei Shibata, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Claire Heck, Tetsuhiko Miyadera, Nobutaka Tanigaki, Toshiko Mizokuro
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 621:118-123
ISSN: 1563-5287
1542-1406
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2015.1096442
Popis: Low-band-gap polymers are promising materials for organic photovoltaic application. We prepared an oriented thin film of a low-band-gap polymer, PTB7, by friction transfer method. The oriented film showed a strong dichroic absorption in the whole visible range. The orientation of molecular chain was characterized by two-dimensional grazing incident X-ray diffraction (2D-GIXD) with synchrotron radiation. 2D-GIXD results showed PTB7 molecular plane parallel to the substrate plane, i.e., “face on orientation.”
Databáze: OpenAIRE