Lorch, C.C.LorchBanerjee, R.R.BanerjeeDieterle, J.J.DieterleHinderhofer, A.A.HinderhoferGerlach, A.A.GerlachDrnec, J.J.DrnecSchreiber, F.F.Schreiber2025-08-302025-08-302015-10-0810.1021/acs.jpcc.5b060642-s2.0-84943797955https://d8.irins.org/handle/IITG2025/21405Small-molecule organic photovoltaic cells often employ a planar heterojunction (PHJ) geometry where the electron donor and acceptor materials are stacked one on top of the other. The thin-film growth scenario of such PHJs can be very different from the one of a single compound on a bare substrate. We have investigated the growth of PHJs, consisting of two different donor-acceptor pairs, namely, α-sexithiophene (6T)/C<inf>60</inf> and 6T/diindenoperylene (DIP) using real-time in situ X-ray scattering. For both donor-acceptor material combinations, we observe that the coherent in-plane crystalline size of the second material strongly correlates with the one of the bottom one, and hence a strong templating effect of the 6T on the material deposited subsequently, indicating a strong interaction between the two materials in the PHJ. Furthermore, a change in the structure of the 6T film during the deposition of the second material was observed, which shows that the deposition of an additional material on top of a templating layer can partially change the crystal structure of the templating film itself.falseArticle1932745523211-232208 October 201513arJournal10