In situ Studies of Morphology Formation in Solution-Processed Polymer–Fullerene Blends

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• 关键词：Bulk heterojunction ; Crystallization ; Drying kinetics ; GIWAXS ; P3HT ; PCBM ; PSBTBT ; Real ; time studies ; Solution processing
• 刊名：Advances in Polymer Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：272
• 期：1
• 页码：1-24
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• 作者单位：Esther Barrena (20)
  Felix Buss (21)
  Ana Perez-Rodriguez (20)
  Monamie Sanyal (22)
  Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg (21)
  Michael F. G. Klein (23)
  Philip Scharfer (21)
  Wilhelm Schabel (21)
  Uli Lemmer (23)
  
  20. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
  21. Institute of Thermal Process Engineering, Thin Film Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
  22. Max Planck Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
  23. Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 13, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
  
• 丛书名：Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics
• ISBN：978-3-319-28338-8
• 卷排序：272

文摘

Control of the blend nanomorphology in bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) is still a challenge that demands more fundamental knowledge of the mechanism of phase separation and crystallization during solvent drying. In this review we show that in situ studies using combined laser reflectometry and grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering provide a fundamental understanding on how the nanomorphology develops dynamically during film drying. We identify influencing parameters for controlled film formation in order to obtain optimized solar cell performance. We review here our results on BHJs of poly(3-hexylthiophene)–[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester and poly{[4,40-bis(2-ethylhexyl)dithieno(3,2-b;20,30-d)silole]-2,6-diyl-alt-(2,1,3 benzothidiazole)-4,7-diyl} with [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester.