Journal article

Charge separation in organic semiconductor blends studied by electrical in situ characterization during film growth


Authors listBeu, Max; Dragässer, André; Keil, Christopher; Schlettwein, Derck

Publication year2012

Pages323-326

Journalphysica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science

Volume number209

Issue number2

ISSN1862-6300

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201127407

PublisherWiley


Abstract
The influence of the substrate temperature during film growth as well as annealing of films subsequent to preparation was studied by in situ measurements of conduction and photoconduction of molecular blends of phthalocyaninatocopper (PcCu) and buck-minster-fullerene (C-60). The findings are discussed in context of structural and morphological changes observed in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and UV/Vis transmission measurements. Deposition of bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) at elevated substrate temperature featured improved percolation pathways leading to increased conductivity, photoconductivity, and exciton dissociation yield. At low concentrations of PcCu in C-60 electron trapping by light-induced hole states in PcCu was observed. (c) 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleBeu, M., Dragässer, A., Keil, C. and Schlettwein, D. (2012) Charge separation in organic semiconductor blends studied by electrical in situ characterization during film growth, physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science, 209(2), pp. 323-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201127407

APA Citation styleBeu, M., Dragässer, A., Keil, C., & Schlettwein, D. (2012). Charge separation in organic semiconductor blends studied by electrical in situ characterization during film growth. physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science. 209(2), 323-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201127407



Keywords


ACCEPTORbulk heterojunctionsCarrier transportCONDUCTIONDONORfilm growthheterojunctionsorganic semiconductorsPHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONSPHTHALOCYANINESOLAR-CELLS

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