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Concurrent Quantitative Conductivity and Mechanical Properties Measurements of Organic Photovoltaic Materials using AFM

Concurrent Quantitative Conductivity and Mechanical Properties Measurements of Organic Photovoltaic Materials using AFM

DOI:
10.3791/50293-v

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08:59 min

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January 23, 2013

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1Center for Nanoscale Materials,Argonne National Laboratory, 2Institute for Molecular Engineering,University of Chicago

Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 02:21Signal Acquisition
  • 04:55Data Analysis
  • 07:30Results: Young’s Modulus and Resistivity Maps for Photovoltaic Materials
  • 08:30Conclusion

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Organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials are inherently inhomogeneous at the nanometer scale. Nanoscale inhomogeneity of OPV materials affects performance of photovoltaic devices. In this paper, we describe a protocol for quantitative measurements of electrical and mechanical properties of OPV materials with sub-100 nm resolution.

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Keywords: Organic Photovoltaic MaterialsNanoscale InhomogeneityElectrical PropertiesMechanical PropertiesAFMPeakForceConductive AFMP3HT:PC61BMDomain Structure

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