Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites based on functional regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Boon, Florian; Desbief, Simon; Cutaia, Lorenzo; Douhéret, Olivier; Minoia, Andréa; Ruelle, Benoît; Clément, S.; Coulembier, Olivier; Cornil, Jérôme; Dubois, Philippe; Lazzaroni, Roberto

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Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites based on functional regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Boon, Florian; Desbief, Simon; Cutaia, Lorenzo et al.

2010 • In Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 31 (16), p. 1427-1434

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New functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene)s (P3HT) have been designed and synthesized with the aim of increasing the dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in solutions and in thin films of semiconducting polymers. Dispersion in solution has been assessed by sedimentation tests while the thin film morphology has been analyzed by TEM and AFM. Both the physisorption of P3HT chains (via pyrene end-groups) or their chemical grafting (onto amine functions generated on the CNT surface) lead to a much better dispersion in solution and in the solid. In thin films, P3HT fibrils are observed to arrange perpendicular to the CNT surface, which can be understood on the basis of molecular modeling simulations. Finally, the effect of dispersing those P3HT/CNT nanocomposites in bulk-heterojunction P3HT-based photovoltaic devices has been evaluated.

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CIRMAP - Centre d'Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux Polymères

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Chemistry

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Boon, Florian ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Matériaux Polymères et Composites ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

Desbief, Simon ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

Cutaia, Lorenzo

Douhéret, Olivier

Minoia, Andréa ; Université de Mons > Unités externes > Materia Nova ASBL

Ruelle, Benoît ; Université de Mons > Unités externes > Materia Nova ASBL

Clément, S.

Coulembier, Olivier ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Matériaux Polymères et Composites

Cornil, Jérôme ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

Dubois, Philippe ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Matériaux Polymères et Composites

Lazzaroni, Roberto ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

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English

Title :

Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites based on functional regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Publication date :

16 August 2010

Journal title :

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

ISSN :

1022-1336

eISSN :

1521-3927

Publisher :

John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom

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Issue :

Pages :

1427-1434

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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S816 - Matériaux Polymères et Composites
S817 - Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

Research institute :

R400 - Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux

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