Understanding and Controlling Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Mesostructured Hybrid Photovoltaic Materials

作者：Neyshtadt S; Jahnke J P; Messinger R J; Rawal A; Peretz T Segal; Huppert D; Chmelka B F^*; Frey G L

来源：Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133(26): 10119-10133.

DOI：10.1021/ja200054z

The chemical compositions and structures of organic-inorganic interfaces in mesostructurally ordered conjugated polymer-titania nanocomposites are shown to have a predominant influence on their photovoltaic properties. Such interfaces can be controlled by using surfactant structure-directing agents (SDAs) with different architectures and molecular weights to promote contact between the highly hydrophobic electron-donating conjugated polymer species and hydrophilic electron-accepting titania frameworks. A combination of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), and solid-state NMR spectroscopy yields insights on the compositions, structures, and distributions of inorganic and organic species within the materials over multiple length scales. Two-dimensional NMR analyses establish the molecular-level interactions between the different SDA blocks, the conjugated polymer, and the titania framework, which are correlated with steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements of the photoexcitation dynamics of the conjugated polymer and macroscopic photocurrent generation in photovoltaic devices. Molecular understanding of the compositions and chemical interactions at organic-inorganic interfaces are shown to enable the design, synthesis, and control of the photovoltaic properties of hybrid functional materials.

• 出版日期2011-7-6