Sequentially Processed P3HT/CN6-CP•−NBu4+ Films: Interfacial or Bulk Doping?

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Beitragende

  • Yevhen Karpov - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Nataliya Kiriy - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Petr Formanek - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Cedric Hoffmann - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Tetyana Beryozkina - , Ural Federal University (Autor:in)
  • Mike Hambsch - , Professur für Organische Bauelemente (cfaed) (Autor:in)
  • Mahmoud Al-Hussein - , University of Jordan (Autor:in)
  • Stefan C.B. Mannsfeld - , Professur für Organische Bauelemente (cfaed) (Autor:in)
  • Bernd Büchner - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Bipasha Debnath - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Michael Bretschneider - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Yulia Krupskaya - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Franziska Lissel - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Anton Kiriy - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

Derivatives of the hexacyano-[3]-radialene anion radical (CN6-CP•−) emerge as a promising new family of p-dopants having a doping strength comparable to that of archetypical dopant 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-quinodimethane (F4TCNQ). Here, mixed solution (MxS) and sequential processing (SqP) doping methods are compared by using a model semiconductor poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and the dopant CN6-CP•−NBu4 + (NBu4 + = tetrabutylammonium). MxS films show a moderate yet thickness-independent conductivity of ≈0.1 S cm−1. For the SqP case, the highest conductivity value of ≈6 S cm−1 is achieved for the thinnest (1.5–3 nm) films whereas conductivity drops two orders of magnitudes for 100 times thicker films. These results are explained in terms of an interfacial doping mechanism realized in the SqP films, where only layers close to the P3HT/dopant interface are doped efficiently, whereas internal P3HT layers remain essentially undoped. This structure is in agreement with transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and Kelvin probe force microscopy results. The temperature-dependent conductivity measurements reveal a lower activation energy for charge carriers in SqP samples than in MxS films (79 meV vs 110 meV), which could be a reason for their superior conductivity.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1901346
FachzeitschriftAdvanced electronic materials
Jahrgang6
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Mai 2020
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-8487-0972/work/142247518

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • conductivity, interfacial doping, organic semiconductors, p-doping, solution-processable organic devices