Nanostructure-dependent vertical charge transport in MEH-PPV films

Huang, Yi-Fang and Inigo, Jesuraj and Chang, Chia-Chen and Li, Kang-Chuang and Liang, Chiao-Tan and Chang, Chan-Wei and Lim, Tsong-Shin and Chen, Su-Hua and White, Jonathon David and Jeng, U-Ser and Su, An-Chung and Huang, Ying-Sheng and Peng, Kang-Yung and Chen, Show-An and Pai, Woei-Wu and Lin, Chen-Hong and Tameev, Lexey R. and Novikov, Sergey V. and Vannikov, Anatoly V. and Fann, Wun-Shain (2007) Nanostructure-dependent vertical charge transport in MEH-PPV films. Advanced Functional Materials, 17 (15). pp. 2902-2910. ISSN 1616-301X (https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200600825)

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Abstract

The correlation between morphology and charge-carrier mobility in the vertical direction in thin films of poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) is investigated by a combination of X-ray reflectivity (XRR), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force rnicroscopy (AFM), fluorescence optical microscopy (FOM), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy (PLE), as well as time-of-flight (TOF) and transient electroluminescence (TrEL) techniques. The mobility is about two orders of magnitude greater for drop-cast films than for their spin-cast counterparts. Drop-casting in the presence of a vertical static electric field (E-casting) results in films with an additional increase in mobility of about one order of magnitude. While PL and PLE spectra vary with the method of film preparation, there is no correlation between emission spectra and charge-carrier mobility. Our XRR measurements on spin-cast films indicate layering along the film depth while no such structure is found in drop-cast or E-cast films, whereas FESEM examination indicates that nanodomains within drop-cast films are eliminated in the E-cast case. These observations indicate that carrier transport is influenced by structure on two different length scales. The low mobility observed in spin-cast films is a direct result of a global layered structure with characteristic thickness of ca. 4 nm: in the absence of this layered structure, drop-cast films with inherent nanoscale heterogeneities (ca. 20 nm in size) exhibit much better hole mobility. Elimination of nanodomains via electric-field alignment results in further improved charge mobility.

ORCID iDs

Huang, Yi-Fang, Inigo, Jesuraj ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-4008, Chang, Chia-Chen, Li, Kang-Chuang, Liang, Chiao-Tan, Chang, Chan-Wei, Lim, Tsong-Shin, Chen, Su-Hua, White, Jonathon David, Jeng, U-Ser, Su, An-Chung, Huang, Ying-Sheng, Peng, Kang-Yung, Chen, Show-An, Pai, Woei-Wu, Lin, Chen-Hong, Tameev, Lexey R., Novikov, Sergey V., Vannikov, Anatoly V. and Fann, Wun-Shain;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:44411
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 October 2007
    Published
    28 August 2007
    Published Online
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:31 Jul 2013 11:31
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 10:27
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44411
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