Charge Separation in Semicrystalline Polymeric Semiconductors by Photoexcitation: Is the Mechanism Intrinsic or Extrinsic?

Francis Paquin, Gianluca Latini, Maciej Sakowicz, Paul-Ludovic Karsenti, Linjun Wang, David Beljonne, Natalie Stingelin, and Carlos Silva, New York (2011)

We probe charge photogeneration and subsequent recombination dynamics in neat regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) films over six decades in time by means of time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. Exciton dissociation at 10 K occurs extrinsically at interfaces between molecularly ordered and disordered domains. Polaron pairs thus produced recombine by tunneling with distributed rates governed by the distribution of electron-hole radii. Quantum-chemical calculations suggest that hot-exciton dissociation at such interfaces results from a high charge-transfer character.

Partners : UMONS, ICL

Place of Publication : New York

Date of Publication : 2011/05/13

Additional Data : PRL 106, 197401 (2011) PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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