No 3, Vol. 5, 2003 
 

NANOSTRUCTURED CONJUGATED POLYMERIC SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS

C.Akbayir, F.Bulut, T.Farrell, A.Goldschmidt, R.Guntner, A.P.Kam, P.Miclea, U.Scherf, J.Seekamp, V.G.Solovyev and C.M.Sotomayor Torres

University of Wuppertal, Gauß Straße 20, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany
Corresponding author: V.G.Solovyev, e-mail: solovyev@uni-wuppertal.de

Abstract

In this work, conjugated block copolymer polyfluorene/polyaniline (PF/PANI) has been studied as a potential candidate for photovoltaic applications. We used two techniques based on nanoimprint lithography (NIL) for phase alignment of this block copolymer blend PF/PANI, polyaniline being the donor and polyfluorene - the acceptor phase. In the first technique, metallic nanostructures induce nanostructuring in the polymer layer, whereas in the second technique, the PF/PANI is directly patterned with a stamp. The electrical and photoelectrical properties of the polymeric systems were studied and the morphology was characterized by AFM and SEM.

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