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A block copolymer of crosslinkable polythiophene and removable poly(ethylene oxide) for preparing heterostructures of organic semiconductors
- Source :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5:1414-1419
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2017.
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Abstract
- We prepared a block copolymer composed of polythiophene (PT) with cinnamate groups and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), which are connected through a cleavable acetal bond, aiming at constructing donor/acceptor heterostructures through post deposition of acceptor molecules into donor template networks. The block copolymer films showed phase-separated structures with domain sizes of 10–100 nm. Irradiation with UV light afforded crosslinked films through [2+2] cyclodimerization of cinnamate groups. Then, PEO was removed by acidic cleavage of the acetal bond, yielding PT template networks. Taking advantage of the insoluble networks, a fullerene derivative was deposited into the PT templates through a spin-coating process to form donor/acceptor heterostructures. The introduction of the fullerene derivative was confirmed by UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. This strategy of depositing acceptor molecules into donor template networks, instead of spin-coating from donor/acceptor blend solutions, could be applied to improve the phase-separated structures and power conversion efficiencies of polymer solar cells.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Ethylene oxide
Acetal
Oxide
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Acceptor
Polymer solar cell
0104 chemical sciences
Organic semiconductor
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Copolymer
Polythiophene
0210 nano-technology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20507534 and 20507526
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........db3424ed65e38244f0f3ce471266c62a