Molecular-weight-dependent mobilities in regioregular poly(3-hexyl-thiophene) diodes
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- 18 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 86 (12) , 122110
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1891301
Abstract
We have investigated the transport properties in the direction perpendicular to the substrate of regioregular poly(3-hexyl-thiophene) of different molecular weights (MW) in a diode geometry. In these devices, which exhibit space-charge-limited behavior, we find that the mobility values at room temperature increase from 1.33×10−5cm2∕Vsto3.30×10−4cm2∕Vs as the MW is increased from 2.9to31.1kg∕mol. The mobility is found to be field independent for high MW films, but field dependent for the low MW films. The current–voltage characteristics of the diodes are also studied as a function of temperature from 160Kto300K. The activation energy for carrier transport, extracted from the Arrhenius plot, is found to decrease gradually from 143meVto126meV as the MW is increased.Keywords
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