Poly(3-hexylthiophene) - CdSe quantum dot bulk heterojunction solar cells: Influence of the functional end-group of the polymer

Kumaranand Palaniappan; John W. Murphy; Nadia Khanam; Julius Horvath; Husam N. Alshareef; Manuel Angel Quevedo Quevedo-López; Michael C. Biewer; Seongyong Park; Moon Kim; Bruce E. Gnade; Mihaela C. Stefan

doi:10.1021/ma9006285

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) - CdSe quantum dot bulk heterojunction solar cells: Influence of the functional end-group of the polymer

Kumaranand Palaniappan, John W. Murphy, Nadia Khanam, Julius Horvath, Husam N. Alshareef, Manuel Angel Quevedo Quevedo-López, Michael C. Biewer, Seongyong Park, Moon Kim, Bruce E. Gnade, Mihaela C. Stefan

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The synthesis of H/thiol terminated P3HT from Br/allyl-terminated P3HT precursor was analyzed. The photovoltaic response of blends were prepared of H/thiol terminated P3HT with spherical CdSe quantum dots(QD) and compares the results with regioregular H/Br and Br/aryl-terminated P3HT. Phase segregation was carried by mixing relatively polar pyridine treated CdSe QD with nonpolar P3HT. The experiment revealed that a high loading of CdSe is necessary for an efficient charge transport and different loading ratios of CdSe has been investigated to correlate the photovoltaic response as a function of ration between donor H/thiol-P3ht polymer and acceptor Cdse QD. The results show that H/Br-P3HT, H/thiol- and Br/allyl-terminated P3HT exhibits better performance and Cdse quantum dots were used to obtain results.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3845-3848
Number of pages	4
Journal	Macromolecules
Volume	42
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9006285
State	Published - Jun 23 2009

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Palaniappan, K., Murphy, J. W., Khanam, N., Horvath, J., Alshareef, H. N., Quevedo-López, M. A. Q., Biewer, M. C., Park, S., Kim, M., Gnade, B. E., & Stefan, M. C. (2009). Poly(3-hexylthiophene) - CdSe quantum dot bulk heterojunction solar cells: Influence of the functional end-group of the polymer. Macromolecules, 42(12), 3845-3848. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9006285

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