標題: Three-Dimensional Nanoscale Imaging of Polymer Bulk-Heterojunction by Scanning Electrical Potential Microscopy and C-60(+) Cluster Ion Slicing
作者: Yu, Bang-Ying
Lin, Wei-Chun
Huang, Jen-Hsien
Chu, Chih-Wei
Lin, Yu-Chin
Kuo, Che-Hung
Lee, Szu-Hsian
Wong, Ken-Tseng
Ho, Kuo-Chuan
Shyue, Jing-Jong
光電工程學系
Department of Photonics
公開日期: 1-十一月-2009
摘要: Solution-processable fullerene and copolymer bulk-heterojunctions are widely used as the active layer of solar cells. It is known that the controlled phase-separation in the film provides a pathway for carrier transportation and is crucial to efficiency. In this work, scanning electrical potential microscopy (SEPM) is used to examine the surface distribution of [6,6]phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester and poly(3-hexylthiophene), which form the bulk-heterojunction. Because the two components have different energies in the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), the differences in contact potential yield strong contrast in SEPM. A cluster ion beam (C-60(+)) is used to remove the surface in order to determine the structure below, and SEPM is used to analyze the newly exposed surface. With the SEPM images acquired from different depth through the material stacked, a 3D volume image is obtained. It is demonstrated that using SEPM with cluster ion slicing is an effective tool for studying the 3D nanostructures of soft materials.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac901588t
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/149914
ISSN: 0003-2700
DOI: 10.1021/ac901588t
期刊: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume: 81
起始頁: 8936
結束頁: 8941
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