Field effect measurements on charge carrier mobilities in various polymer-fullerene blend compositions

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Contributors

  • Elizabeth von Hauff - , University of Oldenburg (Author)
  • Jürgen Parisi - , University of Oldenburg (Author)
  • Vladimir Dyakonov - , University of Würzburg (Author)

Abstract

In this study we investigated materials typically used in polymer photovoltaics. Field effect measurements were performed in order to determine the hole mobilities in the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and the electron mobilities in the methanofullerene[6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), and, particularly, in the polymer-fullerene composite blends. Regarding the pure films, electron mobilities in PCBM were found to be in the 10- 2 cm2/Vs range, and hole mobilities in P3HT were found to be in the 10- 3 cm2/Vs range. In the PCBM:P3HT blends, it was found that varying the PCBM content in PCBM:P3HT blends led to a steep increase in electron mobility with increasing PCBM content, while the hole mobility was found to slightly decrease with the increasing PCBM concentration. In 2:1 PCBM:P3HT tempered blends, the charge carrier mobilities were found to be roughly balanced, at 10- 3 cm2/Vs. For improved electron transport in the blends, tempering was found to be crucial.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)506-511
Number of pages6
JournalThin solid films
Volume511-512
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2006
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-6269-0540/work/172082582

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