TY - JOUR
T1 - Manipulating Organic Semiconductor Morphology with Visible Light
AU - Sørensen, Michael Korning
AU - Gertsen, Anders Skovbo
AU - Fornari, Rocco Peter
AU - Zhou, Binbin
AU - Zhang, Xiaotong
AU - Jepsen, Peter Uhd
AU - Stanzani, Edoardo
AU - Yun, Shinhee
AU - Fernández Castro, Marcial
AU - Schwartzkopf, Matthias
AU - Koutsioubas, Alexandros
AU - de Silva, Piotr
AU - Espindola-Rodriguez, Moises
AU - Kuhn, Luise Theil
AU - Andreasen, Jens Wenzel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2023/3/2
Y1 - 2023/3/2
N2 - A method is presented to manipulate the final morphology of roll-to-roll slot-die coated poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) by optically exciting the p-type polymer in solution while coating. These results provide a comprehensive picture of the entire knowledge chain, from demonstrating how to apply the authors’ method to a fundamental understanding of the changes in morphology and physical properties induced by exciting P3HT while coating. By combining results from density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations with a variety of X-ray experiments, absorption spectroscopy, and THz spectroscopy, the relationship between morphology and physical properties of the thin film is demonstrated. Specifically, in P3HT films excited with light during deposition, changes in crystallinity and texture with more face-on orientation and increased out-of-plane charge mobility are observed.
AB - A method is presented to manipulate the final morphology of roll-to-roll slot-die coated poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) by optically exciting the p-type polymer in solution while coating. These results provide a comprehensive picture of the entire knowledge chain, from demonstrating how to apply the authors’ method to a fundamental understanding of the changes in morphology and physical properties induced by exciting P3HT while coating. By combining results from density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations with a variety of X-ray experiments, absorption spectroscopy, and THz spectroscopy, the relationship between morphology and physical properties of the thin film is demonstrated. Specifically, in P3HT films excited with light during deposition, changes in crystallinity and texture with more face-on orientation and increased out-of-plane charge mobility are observed.
KW - density functional theory
KW - gisaxs/gisans/giwaxs
KW - led light treatment
KW - molecular dynamics
KW - organic semiconductors
KW - roll-to-roll slot-die coating
KW - thz spectroscopy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85146360380
U2 - 10.1002/adfm.202212835
DO - 10.1002/adfm.202212835
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146360380
SN - 1616-301X
VL - 33
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
IS - 10
M1 - 2212835
ER -