1. Electronic properties and morphology of Cu-phthalocyanine--C60 composite mixtures.
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Roth, Friedrich, Lupulescu, Cosmin, Arion, Tiberiu, Darlatt, Erik, Gottwald, Alexander, and Eberhardt, Wolfgang
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COPPER phthalocyanine ,METAL phthalocyanines ,COMPOSITE materials research ,MICROMECHANICS ,PHTHALOCYANINES - Abstract
Phthalocyanines in combination with C
60 are benchmark materials for organic solar cells. Here, we have studied the morphology and electronic properties of co-deposited mixtures (blends) of these materials forming a bulk heterojunction as a function of the concentration of the two constituents. For a concentration of 1:1 of Cu-Phthalocyanine (CuPc):C60 , a phase separation into about 100 nm size domains is observed, which results in electronic properties similar to layered systems. For low C60 concentrations (10:1 CuPc:C60 ), the morphology, as indicated by Low-Energy Electron Microscopy images, suggests a growth mode characterized by (amorphous) domains of CuPC, whereby the domain boundaries are decorated with C60 . Despite of these markedly different growth modes, the electronic properties of the heterojunction films are essentially unchanged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2014
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