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Malgas, GF
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Motaung, DE
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Arendse, CJ
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2013-02-18T12:29:50Z |
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2013-02-18T12:29:50Z |
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2012-05 |
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Malgas, GF, Motaung, DE and Arendse, CJ. 2012. Temperature-dependence on the optical properties and the phase separation of polymer–fullerene thin films. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 47(10), pp 4282-4289 |
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0022-2461 |
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http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/72248633/temperature-dependence-optical-properties-phase-separation-polymer-fullerene-thin-films
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http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6558
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Copyright: 2012 Springer Verlag. This is the Pre/post print version of the work. The definitive version is published in Journal of Materials Science, vol. 47(10), pp 4282-4289. |
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A detailed study on the thermal transition of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and blends was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, while the morphological, phase separation and the transformation in the optical properties were probed by thermal-atomic force microscopy (AFM), polarized optical microscopy (POM) and spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). The inclusion of fullerenes on the polymer structure confirms the formation and evolution of a new endothermic transition at high temperatures. SE revealed that the refractive index and extinction coefficient of the films increased with annealing temperature up to 140 C due to the suppressed diffusion of PCBM molecules into the blend. Annealing above 140 C resulted in a decrease in the optical constants due to the formation of large ‘‘needle-like’’ crystals. This is due to the depletion of PCBM clusters near the ‘‘needle-like’’ structures; resulting from the diffusion of the PCBM molecules into the growing PCBM crystals or ‘‘needle-like’’ crystals as is evidenced by in situ thermal-AFM and POM. These findings indicate that annealing temperature of 140 C is suitable for a P3HT:PCBM film to obtain the desired phase separation for solar cell application. |
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en |
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Springer Verlag |
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Workflow;10199 |
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Fullerene thin films |
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Polymer films |
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Solar cells |
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Polarized optical microscopy |
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POM |
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Atomic force microscopy |
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AFM |
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dc.title |
Temperature-dependence on the optical properties and the phase separation of polymer–fullerene thin films |
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Article |
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Malgas, G., Motaung, D., & Arendse, C. (2012). Temperature-dependence on the optical properties and the phase separation of polymer–fullerene thin films. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6558 |
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Malgas, GF, DE Motaung, and CJ Arendse "Temperature-dependence on the optical properties and the phase separation of polymer–fullerene thin films." (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6558 |
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Malgas G, Motaung D, Arendse C. Temperature-dependence on the optical properties and the phase separation of polymer–fullerene thin films. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6558. |
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dc.identifier.ris |
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DB - ResearchSpace
DP - CSIR
KW - Fullerene thin films
KW - Polymer films
KW - Solar cells
KW - Polarized optical microscopy
KW - POM
KW - Atomic force microscopy
KW - AFM
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