Relaxation of Photogenerated Carriers in P3HT:PCBM Organic Blends

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作者
Moehl, Thomas [1 ]
Kytin, Vladimir G. [2 ]
Bisquert, Juan [1 ]
Kunst, Marinus [3 ]
Bolink, Henk J. [4 ]
Garcia-Belmonte, Germa [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Jaume 1, Dept Fis, Photovolta & Optoelect Devices Grp, Castellon de La Plana 12071, Spain
[2] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Dept Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
[3] Hahn Meitner Inst Berlin GmbH, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
[4] Univ Valencia, Inst Ciencia Mol, Valencia, Spain
关键词
solar cells; charge carriers; photochemistry; transport; polymer blends; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR-CELLS; AMORPHOUS-SILICON; CHARGE-TRANSPORT; REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOBILITY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1002/cssc.200900002
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
The after-pulse time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) decays observed in P3HT:PCBM blends display a dependence on time close to t(-beta), independent of excitation intensity, in the 10 ns-1 mu s range. This is explained in terms of the relaxation of carriers in a Gaussian density of states (DOS). The model is based on a demarcation level that moves with time by thermal release and retrapping of initially trapped carriers. The model shows that when the disorder is large the after-pulse decay of the type t(-beta) is obtained, while at low disorder and large temperature the carrier distribution becomes independent of time. In the measurements different beta values were observed depending on the solvent used for spin-coating: 0.4-0.6 for chlorobenzene and 0.3-0.4 for toluene. The model was applied to extract the shape of the DOS from the TRMC decays, giving a dispersion parameter of about 120 meV for blends with high P3HT content.
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