Imaging of morphological changes and phase segregation in doped polymeric semiconductors

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Beitragende

  • Felix Deschler - , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), University of Cambridge (Autor:in)
  • Daniel Riedel - , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), OSRAM Licht AG (Autor:in)
  • Andras Deák - , Centre for Energy Research (Autor:in)
  • Bernhard Ecker - , Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Autor:in)
  • Elizabeth Von Hauff - , Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Autor:in)
  • Enrico Da Como - , University of Bath (Autor:in)

Abstract

The electrical conductivity and morphological characteristics of two conjugated polymers, P3HT and PCPDTBT, p-doped with the strong electron acceptor tetrafluoro-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4-TCNQ) are studied as a function of dopant concentration. By combining scanning and transmission electron microscopy, SEM and TEM, with electrical characterization, we observe a correlation between the saturation in electrical conductivity and the formation of dopant rich clusters. We demonstrate that SEM is a useful technique to observe imaging contrast for locating doped regions in thin polymer films, while in parallel monitoring the surface morphology. The results are relevant for the understanding of structure property relationships in doped conjugated polymers.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)381-387
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftSynthetic metals
Jahrgang199
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-6269-0540/work/172082560

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Conjugated polymer, Donor acceptor, Doping, Electron microscopy, TCNQ