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Trans Tech Publications, Materials Science Forum, (730-732), p. 227-231, 2012

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.730-732.227

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Morphology Control of Thin P3HT-Si-NCs Composite Films for Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells

Journal article published in 2012 by Mara Cunha, Gabriel Bernardo ORCID, Loic Hilliou, Hartmut Wiggers, Rui N. Pereira
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Abstract

This work deals with an experimental investigation of the microstructure/morphology of spin-casted composite thin films of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs), in the weight proportion 1:1, which develop under different deposition conditions. The experimental parameters considered were the following: i) solvent quality; ii) spinning rate; iii) spinning time and iv) solution concentration. The developed morphologies were characterized by means of optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. The present work aims at a) establishing the relationship between processing conditions and resultant morphology and b) defining the most relevant processing parameters that govern and are of significance for the induced morphology.