Abstract
Semi-crystalline CuCl2(ethylene glycol)/poly(3-hexylthiophene) complexes (CE-P3HT) with specific textures and self-assembled structures can be fabricated using a facile co-solvent/chelation method. The morphologies and self-assembled structures of these CE-P3HT complexes were dependent on the concentration of CuCl2(ethylene glycol) (CuCl(2)EG) in solution. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed the CE-P3HT sample comprising EG and numerous CuCl2/P3HT dots (C-P3HT dots) that originated from the P3HT main chains interacting with CuCl2 crystals; the average size of this C-P3HT dots was ca. 20 nm. Prior to formation of the solid state of CE-P3HT structures, the CE-P3HT complex in solution displayed a novel phenomenon: a specific luminescence property with an absorption energy gap of 3.71-4.46 eV. This quantum effect resulted from the chelates formed between the Cu2+ ions and the thioether units of the conjugated P3HT polymer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 87723-87729 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 106 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES
- PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY
- DESIGN
- POLYMER NANOPARTICLES
- DEVICE
- photovoltaic cells
- P3HT
- nanorods
- Energy-transfer
- Dots