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Jamieson FC, Domingo EB, McCarthy-Ward T, et al., 2012, Fullerene crystallisation as a key driver of charge separation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells, Chemical Science, Vol: 3, Pages: 485-492, ISSN: 2041-6520
Solution processed polymer/fullerene blend films are receiving extensive attention as the photoactive layer of organic solar cells. In this paper we report a range of photophysical, electrochemical, physicochemical and structural data which provide evidence that formation of a relatively pure, molecularly ordered phase of the fullerene component, phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), may be the key factor driving the spatial separation of photogenerated electrons and holes in many of these devices. PCBM crystallisation is shown to result in an increase in its electron affinity, providing an energetic driving force for spatial separation of electrons and holes. Based upon our observations, we propose a functional model applicable to many organic bulk heterojunction devices based upon charge generation in a finely intermixed polymer/fullerene phase followed by spatial separation of electrons and holes at the interface of this mixed phase with crystalline PCBM domains. This model has significant implications for the design of alternative acceptor materials to PCBM for organic solar cells.
Fei Z, Kim Y, Smith J, et al., 2012, Comparative Optoelectronic Study between Copolymers of Peripherally Alkylated Dithienosilole and Dithienogermole, Macromolecules
Here we report a simple methodology for the synthesis of dithienosilole and dithienogermole monomers in which the necessary solubilizing long chain alkyl groups are incorporated into the peripheral 3,5-positions of the fused ring. We report four novel monomers in which methyl or butyl groups are attached to the bridging Si and Ge atom. Copolymers with bithiophene were synthesized by a Stille polymerization in high molecular weight. We report the optical, electrical, electrochemical and morphological properties of the resulting polymers. We find that the nature of the bridging heteroatom (Si or Ge) has only a minor influence on these properties, whereas the nature of the alkyl chain attached to the bridging atom is found to have a much larger effect.
Shahid M, McCarthy-Ward T, Labram J, et al., 2012, Low band gap selenophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole polymers exhibiting high and balanced ambipolar performance in bottom-gate transistors, Chemical Science, Vol: 3, Pages: 181-185, ISSN: 2041-6520
We report the synthesis of a selenophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole monomer and its co-polymerisation with selenophene and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene monomers by Stille coupling. The resulting low band gap polymers exhibit ambipolar charge transport in organic field effect transistors. High and balanced electron and hole mobilities in excess of 0.1 cm2 V-1 s-1 were observed in bottom-gate, bottom-contact devices, suggesting that selenophene inclusion is a promising strategy for the development of ambipolar organic semiconductors.
Oosterhout SD, Wienk MM, Al-Hashimi M, et al., 2011, Hybrid Polymer Solar Cells from Zinc Oxide and Poly(3-hexylselenophene), JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, Vol: 115, Pages: 18901-18908, ISSN: 1932-7447
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Zhang XR, Richter LJ, DeLongchamp DM, et al., 2011, Molecular Packing of High-Mobility Diketo Pyrrolo-Pyrrole Polymer Semiconductors with Branched Alkyl Side Chains, J AM CHEM SOC, Vol: 133, Pages: 15073-15084, ISSN: 0002-7863
Chen Z, Bird M, Lemaur V, et al., 2011, Origin of the different transport properties of electron and hole polarons in an ambipolar polyselenophene-based conjugated polymer, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Vol: 84, ISSN: 2469-9950
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Lilliu S, Agostinelli T, Verploegen E, et al., 2011, Effects of Thermal Annealing Upon the Nanomorphology of Poly(3-hexylselenophene)-PCBM Blends, MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Vol: 32, Pages: 1454-1460, ISSN: 1022-1336
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Bronstein H, Leem DS, Hamilton R, et al., 2011, Indacenodithiophene-<i>co</i>-benzothiadiazole Copolymers for High Performance Solar Cells or Transistors via Alkyl Chain Optimization, MACROMOLECULES, Vol: 44, Pages: 6649-6652, ISSN: 0024-9297
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Schulz L, Willis M, Nuccio L, et al., 2011, Importance of intramolecular electron spin relaxation in small molecule semiconductors, PRB, Vol: 84
Abrusci A, Ding I-K, Al-Hashimi M, et al., 2011, Facile infiltration of semiconducting polymer into mesoporous electrodes for hybrid solar cells, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, Vol: 4, Pages: 3051-3058, ISSN: 1754-5692
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Al-Hashimi M, Baklar MA, Colleaux F, et al., 2011, Synthesis, Characterization, and Field Effect Transistor Properties of Regioregular Poly(3-alkyl-2,5-selenylenevinylene), MACROMOLECULES, Vol: 44, Pages: 5194-5199, ISSN: 0024-9297
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Rance WL, Ferguson AJ, McCarthy-Ward T, et al., 2011, Photainduced Carrier Generation and Decay Dynamics in Intercalated and Non-intercalated Polymer: Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions, ACS NANO, Vol: 5, Pages: 5635-5646, ISSN: 1936-0851
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Baumann A, Savenije TJ, Murthy DHK, et al., 2011, Influence of Phase Segregation on Recombination Dynamics in Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Vol: 21, Pages: 1687-1692, ISSN: 1616-301X
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Abrusci A, Sai R, Kumar S, et al., 2011, Infl ence of Ion Ind ced Local Co lo b Field and Pola ity on Cha ge Gene ation and Effi ciency in Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) Based Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2011, Pages: 1-9
Maurano A, Shuttle CC, Hamilton R, et al., 2011, Transient Optoelectronic Analysis of Charge Carrier Losses in a Selenophene/Fullerene Blend Solar Cell, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, Vol: 115, Pages: 5947-5957, ISSN: 1932-7447
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Miller NC, Gysel R, Miller CE, et al., 2011, The Phase Behavior of a Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction System that Contains Bimolecular Crystals, JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS, Vol: 49, Pages: 499-503, ISSN: 0887-6266
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Rolfe NJ, Heeney M, Wyatt PB, et al., 2011, The effect of deuteration on organic magnetoresistance, 3rd International Meeting on Spins in Organic Semiconductors (SPINOS III), Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, Pages: 608-612, ISSN: 0379-6779
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Bronstein H, Chen Z, Ashraf RS, et al., 2011, Thieno[3,2-<i>b</i>]thiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Polymers for High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Organic Photovoltaic Devices, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 133, Pages: 3272-3275, ISSN: 0002-7863
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Lee MJ, Gupta D, Zhao N, et al., 2011, Anisotropy of Charge Transport in a Uniaxially Aligned and Chain-Extended, High-Mobility, Conjugated Polymer Semiconductor, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Vol: 21, Pages: 932-940, ISSN: 1616-301X
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Park YM, Daniel J, Heeney M, et al., 2011, Room-Temperature Fabrication of Ultrathin Oxide Gate Dielectrics for Low-Voltage Operation of Organic Field-Effect Transistors, ADVANCED MATERIALS, Vol: 23, Pages: 971-974, ISSN: 0935-9648
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Ashraf RS, Chen ZY, Leem DS, et al., 2011, Silaindacenodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for Efficient Solar Cells and High-Mobility Ambipolar Transistors, CHEM MATER, Vol: 23, Pages: 768-770, ISSN: 0897-4756
Smith J, Heeney M, McCulloch I, et al., 2011, Percolation behaviour in high mobility p-channel polymer/small-molecule blend organic field-effect transistors, ORGANIC ELECTRONICS, Vol: 12, Pages: 143-147, ISSN: 1566-1199
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Savenije TJ, Sperlich A, Kraus H, et al., 2011, Observation of bi-polarons in blends of conjugated copolymers and fullerene derivatives, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, Vol: 13, Pages: 16579-16584, ISSN: 1463-9076
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Brabec CJ, Heeney M, McCulloch I, et al., 2011, Influence of blend microstructure on bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic performance, CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, Vol: 40, Pages: 1185-1199, ISSN: 0306-0012
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Fei Z, Kim JS, Smith J, et al., 2011, A low band gap co-polymer of dithienogermole and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole by Suzuki polycondensation and its application in transistor and photovoltaic cells, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, Vol: 21, Pages: 16257-16263, ISSN: 0959-9428
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Nuccio L, Schulz L, Willis M, et al., 2011, Electron spin relaxation in organic semiconductors probed through μSR, International Conference on Trends in Spintronics and Nanomagnetism (TSN), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, ISSN: 1742-6588
Crouch DJ, Sparrowe D, Heeney M, et al., 2010, Polyterthiophenes Incorporating 3,4-Difluorothiophene Units: Application in Organic Field-Effect Transistors, MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, Vol: 211, Pages: 2642-2648, ISSN: 1022-1352
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Zhang X, Hudson SD, DeLongchamp DM, et al., 2010, In-Plane Liquid Crystalline Texture of High-Performance Thienothiophene Copolymer Thin Films, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Vol: 20, Pages: 4098-4106, ISSN: 1616-301X
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Clarke TM, Ballantyne A, Shoaee S, et al., 2010, Analysis of Charge Photogeneration as a Key Determinant of Photocurrent Density in Polymer: Fullerene Solar Cells, Adv. Mater., Vol: 22, Pages: 5287-5291, ISSN: 1521-4095
O'Connor B, Chan EP, Chan C, et al., 2010, Correlations between Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polythiophenes, ACS NANO, Vol: 4, Pages: 7538-7544, ISSN: 1936-0851
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