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Rational Design of Nanostructured Hybrid Materials for Photovoltaics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Ioan Botiz  and
Seth B Darling
Ioan Botiz
Affiliation:
ibotiz@anl.gov, Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne, Illinois, United States
Seth B Darling
Affiliation:
darling@anl.gov, Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne, Illinois, United States
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Abstract

To develop efficient organic and/or hybrid organic-inorganic solar energy devices, it is necessary to use, among other components, an active donor–acceptor layer with highly ordered nanoscale morphology. In an idealized morphology, the effectiveness of internal processes is optimized leading to an efficient conversion of photons to electricity. Using a poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-poly(L-lactide) rod-coil block copolymer as a structure-directing agent, we have rationally designed and developed an ordered nanoscale morphology consisting of self-assembled poly(3-hexylthiophene) donor domains of molecular dimension, each of them separated by fullerene C60 hydroxide acceptor domains. Using this morphological control, one can begin to probe structure-property relationships with unprecedented detail with the ultimate goal of maximizing the performance of future organic/hybrid photovoltaic devices.

Keywords

polymerphotovoltaicnanostructure
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1190: Symposium NN – Active Polymers , 2009 , 1190-NN03-20
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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