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Effect of alcohol treatment on the performance of

PTB7:PC71BM bulk heterojunction solar cells
Shuai Guo, Biye Cao, Weijia Wang, Jean-Franois Moulin,# and Peter Mller-Buschbaum*
Technische Universitt Mnchen, Physik-Department, Lehrstuhl fr Funktionelle Materialien,
James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
# Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (FRM II), Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
Meissner-Strae 8, 85748 Garching, Germany

Corresponding Author
*E-mail: muellerb@ph.tum.de; Phone: +49 89 289 12451; Fax: +49 89 289 12 473.

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Figure S1. Optical microscopy images of PTB7:PC71BM films: (a) pristine film without any
solvent treatment, (b) methanol-treated, (c) ethanol-treated, (d) 2-propanol-treated, and (e) 1butanol-treated.

Figure S2. AFM topography images (scan size 22 m) of PTB7:PC71BM films: (a) pristine
film without any solvent treatment, (b) methanol-treated, (c) ethanol-treated, (d) 2-propanoltreated, and (e) 1-butanol-treated. Different color bars are used for the height variation.

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Figure S3. Logarithmic plots of the vertical line cuts of the 2D TOF-GISANS data performed at
qy = 0 for PTB7:PC71BM films: (a) pristine film without any solvent treatment, (b) methanoltreated, (c) ethanol-treated, (d) 2-propanol-treated, and (e) 1-butanol-treated. The intensity is
shown as a function of the detector angle i +f from 0.5 to 1.5. The wavelength increases from
5.25 (bottom data points) to 10.75 (top data points) gradually with an increment of 0.5 .
The shift of Yoneda peak towards larger exit angles is indicated by the arrow. The curves are
shifted along intensity axis for clarity of the presentation.

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Figure S4. Wavelength dependence of the position of the critical angle (Yoneda peak position):
The experimentally determined positions (black dots) match the calculated theoretical behavior
of the PTB7: PC71BM blend (dashed line). The solid lines indicate the Yoneda peak position of
the individual components PTB7 (blue) and PC71BM (red).

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