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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Nanostructures of chemically modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes and poly(3-hexylthiophene) to improve photophysic/photovoltaic features

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Multi-walled carbon nanotube/poly(3-hexylthiophene) (CNT/P3HT) and CNT-graft-poly(3-dodecylthiophene) (PDDT)/P3HT nanohybrids were applied in active layers to study the effects of these nanostructures on the polymer solar cell (PSC) performance. The charge-carrier dynamics and photophysics were studied in the binary and ternary systems based on P3HT, pre-developed nanostructures and/or phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) through the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and morphological analyses. The weaker bimolecular recombination in the photoactive layer, consisting of CNT-graft-PDDT/P3HT nanostructures, was confirmed by short-circuit current (Jsc) and open-circuit voltage (Voc) measurements as a function of light intensity. PSC composed of P3HT:PC71BM:CNT-graft-PDDT/P3HT PSC exhibited the highest PCE of 4.18% with significantly increased Jsc and Voc.

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  1. Faculty of Sciences, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran

    Afsaneh Hadi & Mohammad Hossein Hekmatshoar

  2. Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran

    Afsaneh Hadi & Farhang Abbasi

  3. Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran

    Farhang Abbasi

  4. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, P.O. Box 5375171379, Tabriz, Iran

    Samira Agbolaghi

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Hadi, A., Hekmatshoar, M.H., Abbasi, F. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Nanostructures of chemically modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes and poly(3-hexylthiophene) to improve photophysic/photovoltaic features. Carbon Lett. 31, 107–115 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-020-00155-9

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