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Fabrication and Characterizations of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanofibers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Surawut Chuangchote ,
Michiyasu Fujita ,
Takashi Sagawa  and
Susumu Yoshikawa
Surawut Chuangchote
Affiliation:
surawut@iae.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Kyoto University, Institute of Advanced Energy, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 6110011, Japan, +81-774-38-4580, +81-774-38-3508
Michiyasu Fujita
Affiliation:
mfujita@iae.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Kyoto University, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto, Japan
Takashi Sagawa
Affiliation:
t-sagawa@iae.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Kyoto University, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto, Japan
Susumu Yoshikawa
Affiliation:
s-yoshi@iae.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Kyoto University, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto, Japan
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Abstract

Conductive nanofibers with the average diameters in the range of 60 nm - 2 μm were fabricated by electrospinning of a mixture of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in a mixed solvent of chlorobenzene and methanol. Beaded fibers and/or uniform, smooth-surface fibers were successfully fabricated. The average diameter of the as-spun fibers decreased and the color of as-spun fibers changed with decreasing the concentration of P3HT or PVP. After the removal of PVP from as-spun fibers by Soxhlet extraction, pure P3HT fibers were obtained as a spindle-like with groove-like morphological appearance which may be widely applicable for some specific applications, such as photovoltaic cells, thin film transistors, and light emitting diodes.

Keywords

fiberpolymerscanning electron microscopy (SEM)
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1270: Symposia GG/HH/II – Organic Photovoltaics and Related Electronics-From Excitons to Devices , 2010 , 1270-HH14-07
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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