Influence Of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Induced Crystallinity Enhancement And Morphology Change On Polymer Photovoltaic Devices英文电子书.pdf

Published on Web 12/06/2006 Influence of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Induced Crystallinity Enhancement and Morphology Change on Polymer Photovoltaic Devices Jianxin Geng and Tingying Zeng* Contribution from the Laboratory of Nanostructures, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky Uni ersity, 1906 College Heights Bld 11079, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101-1079 Received July 14, 2006; E-mail: tingying.zeng@ Abstract: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were determined to have significant interaction with poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), which is helpful to form continuous active film with interpenetrating structure and improve the crystallinity of the resultant film for SWNTs/P3HT composite. Photovoltaic devices based on an active film with relatively higher crystallinity display much enhanced performance. The work function of carbon nanotubes modulated by electron transferring from P3HT to SWNTs is proposed to explain the high open-circuit voltage (VOC) obtained from the photovoltaic devices based on the SWNTs/P3HT system. Introduction polythiophene. Electron hole pairs, excitons, are generated at the interface of polymers and carbon nanotubes upon illumina- As a renewable and alternative source for conversion to tion. Having a larger electron affinity tha