Lateral mobility measurements in organic bulk heterojunctions: comparison of field-effect and space charge mobilities

Christopher Lombardo; Eric Danielson; Ananth Dodabalapur; Zi-En Ooi

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.2.021007

5 April 2012 Lateral mobility measurements in organic bulk heterojunctions: comparison of field-effect and space charge mobilities

Christopher Lombardo, Eric Danielson, Ananth Dodabalapur, Zi-En Ooi

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 021007 (April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021007

Abstract

Measurement of charge transport and recombination parameters in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) materials is of great interest to better understand the science underlying organic solar cells. We discuss the use of space charge limited current measurements under solar illumination to measure the mobility of lateral structures in which charge transport is parallel to the plane of the substrate. We compare these mobilities with mobilities calculated from field-effect measurements of the same structures. Changes in mobility as a function of device length and electric field are consistent with numerical simulations of these lateral structures. Lateral organic photovoltaic structures are potentially very useful in evaluating a number of basic material properties of BHJs including three-dimensional transport.

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Christopher Lombardo, Eric Danielson, Ananth Dodabalapur, and Zi-En Ooi "Lateral mobility measurements in organic bulk heterojunctions: comparison of field-effect and space charge mobilities," Journal of Photonics for Energy 2(1), 021007 (5 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021007

Published: 5 April 2012

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