Journal article
Charge generation and morphology in P3HT : PCBM nanoparticles prepared by mini-emulsion and reprecipitation methods
KN Schwarz, SB Farley, TA Smith, KP Ghiggino
Nanoscale | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr06244f
Abstract
Organic semiconductor nanoparticles provide a potentially scalable approach for photovoltaics that can be processed from aqueous media. Particles of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) : phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) were prepared using two techniques; those produced by a mini-emulsion method contained greater amounts of crystalline P3HT domains with charge generation resembling phase-separated annealed solvent-cast films.
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was made possible by support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, which funds the project grants within the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. K. N. S acknowledges the Australian Renewable Energy Agency for a postgraduate scholarship. Responsibility for the views, information or advice herein is not accepted by the Australian Government.