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Molecular-weight dependence of interchain polaron delocalization and exciton bandwidth in high-mobility conjugated polymers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Chang, Jui-Fen Clark, Jenny Bryson Zhao, Ni Sirringhaus, Henning Breiby, Dag W. Andreasen, Jens Wenzel Nielsen, Martin Meedom Giles, Mark P. Heeney, Martin McCulloch, Iain |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Interchain interactions have a profound effect on the optical as well as charge transport properties of conjugated polymer thin films. In contrast to oligomeric model systems in solution-deposited polymer thin films the study of such effects is complicated by the complex microstructure. We present here a detailed study of interchain interaction effects on both charged polarons as well as neutral excitons in highly crystalline, high-mobility poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) as a function of molecular weight. We find experimental evidence for reduced exciton bandwidth and increased polaron delocalization with increasing conjugation length and crystalline quality. From comparative studies of field-effect transistor characteristics, film morphology, and optical properties our study provides a microscopic understanding of the factors which limit the charge transport in P3HT to field-effect mobilities around $0.1\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}{\mathrm{cm}}^{2}∕\mathrm{V}\phantom{\rule{0.2em}{0ex}}\mathrm{s}$, and which will need to be addressed to improve mobility further. |
| Starting Page | 115318 |
| Ending Page | 115318 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.115318 |
| Volume Number | 74 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/79245/files/fulltext.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.115318 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |