Laser-induced periodic surface structures on P3HT and on its photovoltaic blend with PC71BM

Jing Cui; Álvaro Rodríguez-Rodríguez; Margarita Hernández; Mari Cruz García-Gutiérrez; Aurora Nogales; Marta Castillejo; Daniel Moseguí González; Peter Müller-Buschbaum; Tiberio A. Ezquerra; Esther Rebollar

doi:10.1021/acsami.6b09053

Laser-induced periodic surface structures on P3HT and on its photovoltaic blend with PC₇₁BM

Jing Cui
, Álvaro Rodríguez-Rodríguez
, Margarita Hernández
, Mari Cruz García-Gutiérrez
, Aurora Nogales
, Marta Castillejo
, Daniel Moseguí González
, Peter Müller-Buschbaum
, Tiberio A. Ezquerra
, Esther Rebollar

Chair of Functional Materials

Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC)
Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano (IQFR-CSIC)
Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

We describe the conditions for optimal formation of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) over poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) spin-coated films. Optimal LIPSS on P3HT are observed within a particular range of thicknesses and laser fluences. These conditions can be translated to the photovoltaic blend formed by the 1:1 mixture of P3HT and [6,6]-phenyl C₇₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM) when deposited on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode coated with (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). Solar cells formed by using either a bilayer of P3HT structured by LIPSS covered by PC₇₁BM or a bulk heterojunction with a P3HT:PC₇₁BM blend structured by LIPSS exhibit generation of electrical photocurrent under light illumination. These results suggest that LIPSS could be a compatible technology with organic photovoltaic devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31894-31901
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	8
Issue number	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b09053
State	Published - 23 Nov 2016

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Keywords

grazing incidence X-ray scattering
laser-induced periodic surface structures
organic photovoltaics
polymer films
semiconductor polymers

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Cui, J., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Á., Hernández, M., García-Gutiérrez, M. C., Nogales, A., Castillejo, M., Moseguí González, D., Müller-Buschbaum, P., Ezquerra, T. A., & Rebollar, E. (2016). Laser-induced periodic surface structures on P3HT and on its photovoltaic blend with PC₇₁BM. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(46), 31894-31901. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b09053

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