Measurement of the energy gap in semiconducting polymers using the light-emitting electrochemical cell

被引:59
作者
Yu, G
Yang, Y
Cao, Y
Pei, Q
Zhang, C
Heeger, AJ
机构
[1] UNIAX Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA 93117
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10.1016/0009-2614(96)00768-3
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) is used to measure the charge injection energy gap in semiconducting polymers. Simultaneous measurements of the onset of electrochemical doping, electrical injection, and electroluminescence from light-emitting electrochemical cells determine the magnitude of the exciton binding energy; the LEC data are consistent with the semiconductor model in which the exciton binding energy is small.
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