ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal
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A new plastic phase in PCBM from low-energy inlelastic neutron scattering
Abstract: Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is a fullerene-based material of high technological interest due to its use in organic solar photovoltaic cells. A better understanding of its thermal properties is needed to provide fresh insights into the prospects of higher energy-conversion efficiencies for this family of organic materials. Following a successful Xpress run on IRIS, this proposal seeks to provide an unambiguous identification and detailed characterisation of a plastic/rotor phase in PCBM above 360K, analogous to that which is found in C60. In conjunction with ongoing molecular-dynamics simulations, these experimental data will also be used to understand PCBM's extremely low (and hitherto unexplained) thermal conductivity.
Public release date: 25 March 2018
Principal Investigator: Dr Jeff Armstrong
Experimenter: Miss Sarah-Beth McAllister
Experimenter: Professor Fernando Bresme
Local Contact: Dr Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay
DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.58450228
Parent DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1510601
ISIS Experiment Number: RB1510601
Part Number: 1
Date of Experiment: 20 March 2015
Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Data format: RAW/Nexus
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