Transient absorption spectroscopy of ultra-low band gap polymers for organic electronic applications

Kealan J. Fallon; Stoichko Dimitrov; James Durrant; Hugo Bronstein; Tracey M. Clarke

doi:10.1117/12.2237629

26 September 2016 Transient absorption spectroscopy of ultra-low band gap polymers for organic electronic applications

Kealan J. Fallon, Stoichko Dimitrov, James Durrant, Hugo Bronstein, Tracey M. Clarke

Proceedings Volume 9923, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XV; 992318 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237629
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper two extremely narrow band-gap polymers, based on naturally occurring indigo with high thin film crystallinity, have been examined using transient absorption spectroscopy. This was done in order to assess their charge photogeneration and recombination characteristics in blends with PC₇₁BM. Two charge photogeneration mechanisms are found to be operating, depending on which component of the blend is photoexcited. Despite virtually isoenergetic LUMO levels, photoexcitation of the polymer causes standard electron transfer, albeit with a relatively low efficiency of 17 %. Photoexcitation of the fullerene, however, produces an exceptionally slow nanosecond timescale hole transfer.

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Kealan J. Fallon, Stoichko Dimitrov, James Durrant, Hugo Bronstein, and Tracey M. Clarke "Transient absorption spectroscopy of ultra-low band gap polymers for organic electronic applications", Proc. SPIE 9923, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XV, 992318 (26 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237629

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