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Inside Front Cover: Controlling Morphology in Polymer–Fullerene Mixtures (Adv. Mater. 2/2008)
Author(s) -
Moulé A. J.,
Meerholz K.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200890003
Subject(s) - materials science , fullerene , amorphous solid , nanometre , chemical engineering , polymer , solvent , morphology (biology) , coating , absorption (acoustics) , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , biology , engineering , genetics
On p. 240, Klaus Meerholz and co‐workers show control over the aggregation of P3HT in solution by mixing a dipolar, but miscible solvent to the coating solution. The resulting nanoparticle dispersions are stable and allow a quantitative comparison of the absorption spectra of amorphous and aggregated P3HT. These results are interesting not only because they allow control of morphology on the nanometer scale, but they also show a path to low‐cost morphological control of large‐area films, which is an essential step for the commercialization of plastic PV devices.