Motaung, DEMalgas, GFArendse, CJOliphant, CJKnoesen, D2009-11-122009-11-122009-06Motaung, DE, Malgas, GF, Arendse, CJ et al. 2009. Influence of thermal annealing on the morphology and structural properties of a conjugated polymer in blends with an organic acceptor material. Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 44(12), pp 3192-31970022-2461http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3728Copyright: 2009 Springer-Verlag. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer-Verlag for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 44(12), pp 3192-3197In this report, the influence of thermal annealing of thin P3HT films and P3HT:C60 composites were studied regarding their morphology and structural properties. Atomic force microscope measurements on P3HT films and P3HT:C60 composite disclose some variation in morphology during annealing due to the crystallization of C60. The as-prepared P3HT:C60 films have a higher surface roughness and larger cluster size compared to the as-prepared P3HT films. The thermal annealing effects on the optical microscopy indicate that the polymer shows improved capability to self-organize. Their structural properties were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. It was found that the crystallinity of the investigated films is drastically increased upon annealing and a decrease in the grain sizes is observed.enThermal annealingThin P3HT filmsP3HT:C60 compositesAtomic force microscopeOptical microscopy measurementsX-ray diffraction measurementsConjugated polymerMaterials scienceArticleMotaung, D., Malgas, G., Arendse, C., Oliphant, C., & Knoesen, D. (2009). Influence of thermal annealing on the morphology and structural properties of a conjugated polymer in blends with an organic acceptor material. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3728Motaung, DE, GF Malgas, CJ Arendse, CJ Oliphant, and D Knoesen "Influence of thermal annealing on the morphology and structural properties of a conjugated polymer in blends with an organic acceptor material." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3728Motaung D, Malgas G, Arendse C, Oliphant C, Knoesen D. Influence of thermal annealing on the morphology and structural properties of a conjugated polymer in blends with an organic acceptor material. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3728.TY - Article AU - Motaung, DE AU - Malgas, GF AU - Arendse, CJ AU - Oliphant, CJ AU - Knoesen, D AB - In this report, the influence of thermal annealing of thin P3HT films and P3HT:C60 composites were studied regarding their morphology and structural properties. Atomic force microscope measurements on P3HT films and P3HT:C60 composite disclose some variation in morphology during annealing due to the crystallization of C60. The as-prepared P3HT:C60 films have a higher surface roughness and larger cluster size compared to the as-prepared P3HT films. The thermal annealing effects on the optical microscopy indicate that the polymer shows improved capability to self-organize. Their structural properties were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. It was found that the crystallinity of the investigated films is drastically increased upon annealing and a decrease in the grain sizes is observed. DA - 2009-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Thermal annealing KW - Thin P3HT films KW - P3HT:C60 composites KW - Atomic force microscope KW - Optical microscopy measurements KW - X-ray diffraction measurements KW - Conjugated polymer KW - Materials science LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 0022-2461 T1 - Influence of thermal annealing on the morphology and structural properties of a conjugated polymer in blends with an organic acceptor material TI - Influence of thermal annealing on the morphology and structural properties of a conjugated polymer in blends with an organic acceptor material UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3728 ER -