Transient microwave conductivity studies of poly (3-alkyl thiophene)s and blends with PCBM

D. C. Coffey; N. Kopidakis; A. J. Ferguson; D. Laird; E. Sheina; G. Rumbles

Transient microwave conductivity studies of poly (3-alkyl thiophene)s and blends with PCBM

D. C. Coffey, N. Kopidakis, A. J. Ferguson, D. Laird, E. Sheina, G. Rumbles

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

Using flash photolysis, transient microwave conductivity we report some preliminary results on two polythiophene derivatives and compare the results with the ubiquitous poly(3-hexylthiophene). The data provide an insight into the efficiency of exciton dissociation into free charge carriers; a result that is of importance to bulk heterojunction, photovoltaic solar cells that are a construct of a blend of polymers of this type with the soluble fullerene, [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester, (PCBM).

Original language	English
Journal	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2010
Event	Laser Science, LS 2010 - Rochester, NY, United States Duration: Oct 24 2010 → Oct 28 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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