Electronic properties and molecular distribution of a small molecule donor:acceptor mixture employing a processing additive

Jung Hwa Seo

doi:10.1016/j.synthmet.2015.07.022

Electronic properties and molecular distribution of a small molecule donor:acceptor mixture employing a processing additive

Jung Hwa Seo

Department of Physics

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Abstract The influence of the processing additive 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) on the photovoltaic properties, energy levels, charge transport, morphology and molecular distributions of a small molecule bulk heterojunction (BHJ) system was investigated. The use of DIO during the active layer processing resulted in significantly improved device performance, concomitant with changes in the nano-scale morphology. X-ray photoelectron microscopy (XPM) measurements provide insight into the molecular distribution within the small molecule BHJ system using processing additives. This study provides information on the influence of volatile solvent additives and processing conditions on the morphology of small molecule BHJ systems, and may assist in the future selection of ideal processing additives in small molecule BHJs.

Original language	English
Article number	15033
Pages (from-to)	200-205
Number of pages	6
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	209
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2015.07.022
State	Published - 11 Aug 2015

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Keywords

Diiodooctane
Organic solar cells
Organic transistors
Solvent additives
Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS)
X-ray photoelectron microscopy (XPM)

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Electronic properties and molecular distribution of a small molecule donor:acceptor mixture employing a processing additive

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