Nature Communications (Oct 2021)
Uncovering the out-of-plane nanomorphology of organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunction by GTSAXS
- Xinxin Xia,
- Tsz-Ki Lau,
- Xuyun Guo,
- Yuhao Li,
- Minchao Qin,
- Kuan Liu,
- Zeng Chen,
- Xiaozhi Zhan,
- Yiqun Xiao,
- Pok Fung Chan,
- Heng Liu,
- Luhang Xu,
- Guilong Cai,
- Na Li,
- Haiming Zhu,
- Gang Li,
- Ye Zhu,
- Tao Zhu,
- Xiaowei Zhan,
- Xun-Li Wang,
- Xinhui Lu
Affiliations
- Xinxin Xia
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Tsz-Ki Lau
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Xuyun Guo
- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
- Yuhao Li
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Minchao Qin
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Kuan Liu
- Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
- Zeng Chen
- Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
- Xiaozhi Zhan
- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center
- Yiqun Xiao
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Pok Fung Chan
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Heng Liu
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Luhang Xu
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Guilong Cai
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- Na Li
- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science
- Haiming Zhu
- Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
- Gang Li
- Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
- Ye Zhu
- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
- Tao Zhu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiaowei Zhan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University
- Xun-Li Wang
- Department of Physics and Center for Neutron Scattering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon
- Xinhui Lu
- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26510-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Morphology of organic thin film, including the in-plane and out-of-plane directions, plays a crucial role in determining the performance of organic solar cells, yet the characterisation is challenging for the out-of-plane direction. Here, the authors use GTSAXS to uncover the nanomorphology in this dimension, and show how it affects exciton dissociation and charge transfer.
