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Bipolar Charge Transport in Poly(3-hexyl thiophene)/Methanofullerene Blends: A Ratio Dependent Study

Materials Science 2008-12-23 v3

Abstract

We investigated the charge carrier mobility in pristine poly(3-hexyl thiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend devices by applying the time resolved photoconductivity experiment in dependence on the donor:acceptor ratio. We observe a bipolar transport in all studied samples ranging from pure polymer to polymer:fullerene with 90% PCBM content. For the ratios P3HT:PCBM 1:4 and 1:1 we observe two transit times in the electron current transients, as well as hole double transients for P3HT:PCBM 1:2. We find high hole and electron mobilities in the order of 10^(-3) - 10^(-2) cm^2/Vs for a concentration of 90% PCBM in the blend.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5460,
  title  = {Bipolar Charge Transport in Poly(3-hexyl thiophene)/Methanofullerene Blends: A Ratio Dependent Study},
  author = {A. Baumann and J. Lorrmann and C. Deibel and V. Dyakonov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5460},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

3 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, minor corrections included