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@article{Bannock:2016:10.1038/srep23651,
author = {Bannock, JH and Treat, N and Chabinyc, M and Stingelin, N and Heeney, M and de, Mello JC},
doi = {10.1038/srep23651},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
title = {The influence of polymer purification on the efficiency of poly(3-hexylthiophene):fullerene organic solar cells},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23651},
volume = {6},
year = {2016}
}

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AB  - We report the influence of different polymer purification procedures on the photovoltaic performance ofbulk heterojunction solar cells formed from binary blends of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) andfullerenes. Selective Soxhlet extractions and metal scavenging agents were used to remove residualmonomer, magnesium salt by-products and catalyst from high-weight P3HT (Mw 121 kg/mol, PDI 1.8,RR 99%) synthesised by the Grignard metathesis (GRIM) polymerization route. Using phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC60BM) as an electron acceptor, we observed an increase in average powerconversion efficiency from 2.3 to 4.8 % in going from crude to fully purified material. Using indene-C60bisadduct (IC60BA) in place of PC60BM, we observed a further increase to an average value of 6.6 %,which is high for a bulk heterojunction formed from a binary blend of P3HT and C60 fullerene derivatives.
AU  - Bannock,JH
AU  - Treat,N
AU  - Chabinyc,M
AU  - Stingelin,N
AU  - Heeney,M
AU  - de,Mello JC
DO  - 10.1038/srep23651
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2045-2322
TI  - The influence of polymer purification on the efficiency of poly(3-hexylthiophene):fullerene organic solar cells
T2  - Scientific Reports
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23651
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/29977
VL  - 6
ER  -

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