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T1 Assessment of the Refractive Index and Extinction Coefficient of Graphene-Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanocomposites
A1 Velasco Dasvoise, Lara
A1 Peña Capilla, Rafael
A1 Díez Pascual, Ana María
K1 Nanocomposite
K1 Refractive index
K1 Extinction coefficient
K1 Graphene
K1 Química
K1 Chemistry
AB Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is one of the most attractive polymeric donor materials used in organic solar cells because of its high electrical conductivity and solubility in various solvents. However, its carrier mobility is low when compared to that of inorganic semiconductors; hence, the incorporation of appropriate nanomaterials to improve its electrical mobility and optical properties are pursued. In this work, a review of the changes in electrical conductivity, bandgap, hole collection properties and carrier mobility of P3HT when adding graphene (G) is presented. The main aim is to assess how the addition of different G contents influences the optical constants: refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k). The values of n and k as a function of the wavelength for six P3HT/G nanocomposites with G loadings in the range of 0.1-5 wt% have been fitted to two different models, Forouhi Bloomer and Cauchy, showing very good agreement between the experimental and the theoretical values. Furthermore, a rule of mixtures was successfully applied to calculate n using mass fraction instead of volume fraction, with errors lower than 6% for all the nanocomposites studied.
SN 2073-4360
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-30
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/55162
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/55162
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 28-abr-2024