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Free radicals in organic semiconductors during photooxidation: Thin films of polymers P3HT and PCDTBT vs small molecules DRCN5T and BTR. / Uvarov, Mikhail N.; Plekhanov, Mikhail S.; Zinoviev, Vladimir A. et al.
In: Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 754, 137647, 09.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Free radicals in organic semiconductors during photooxidation: Thin films of polymers P3HT and PCDTBT vs small molecules DRCN5T and BTR
AU - Uvarov, Mikhail N.
AU - Plekhanov, Mikhail S.
AU - Zinoviev, Vladimir A.
AU - Yanshole, Vadim V.
AU - Fedin, Matvey V.
AU - Kulik, Leonid V.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Photodegradation of thin films of organic semiconducting electron-donor materials P3HT, PCDTBT, DRCN5T and BTR upon illumination with visible light in air was studied. The changes of UV–vis absorption, photoluminescence and EPR spectra were monitored as functions of illumination time. Stable radicals were generated at concentrations that exceed the values of charge carrier density of organic solar cells in the operating conditions. Increase of the radical concentration was observed for P3HT, PCDTBT, DRCN5T. On the contrary, for BTR the radical concentration drops to zero after initial increase. This indicates different photodegradation processes in studied materials.
AB - Photodegradation of thin films of organic semiconducting electron-donor materials P3HT, PCDTBT, DRCN5T and BTR upon illumination with visible light in air was studied. The changes of UV–vis absorption, photoluminescence and EPR spectra were monitored as functions of illumination time. Stable radicals were generated at concentrations that exceed the values of charge carrier density of organic solar cells in the operating conditions. Increase of the radical concentration was observed for P3HT, PCDTBT, DRCN5T. On the contrary, for BTR the radical concentration drops to zero after initial increase. This indicates different photodegradation processes in studied materials.
KW - Cyano group
KW - Electron paramagnetic resonance
KW - Long-lived radicals
KW - Organic electron-donor materials
KW - Photooxidation
KW - MECHANISM
KW - PERFORMANCE
KW - BEHAVIOR
KW - POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE)
KW - LIGHT
KW - SPECTROSCOPY
KW - DEGRADATION
KW - DERIVATIVES
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085543363&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137647
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137647
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085543363
VL - 754
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
SN - 0009-2614
M1 - 137647
ER -
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