Influence of Acceptor Structure on Barriers to Charge Separation in Organic Photovoltaic Materials

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• 作者：Ryan D. Pensack ; Changhe Guo ; Kiarash Vakhshouri ; Enrique D. Gomez ; John B. Asbury
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：February 23, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：116
• 期：7
• 页码：4824-4831
• 全文大小：357K
• 年卷期：v.116,no.7(February 23, 2012)
• ISSN：1932-7455

文摘

Energetic barriers to charge separation are examined in photovoltaic polymer blends based on regioregular-poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and two classes of electron acceptors: a perylene diimide (PDI) derivative and a fullerene (PCBM). Temperature-dependent measurements using ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy are used to directly measure the free energy barriers to charge separation. Charge separation in P3HT:PDI polymer blends occurs through activated pathways, whereas P3HT:PCBM blends exhibit activationless charge separation. X-ray scattering measurements reveal that neither the PDI derivative nor PCBM form highly crystalline domains in their polymer blends with P3HT. The present findings suggest that fullerenes are able to undergo barrierless charge separation even in the presence of structural disorder. In contrast, perylene diimides may require greater molecular order to achieve barrierless charge separation.