Delayed Luminescence Spectroscopy of Organic Photovoltaic Binary Blend Films: Probing the Emissive Non‐geminate Charge Recombination
Delayed Luminescence Spectroscopy of Organic Photovoltaic Binary Blend Films: Probing the Emissive Non‐geminate Charge Recombination
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有机光伏二元共混薄膜的延迟发光光谱:探测发射性非双生电荷复合
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10.1002/adma.201002389
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
J. Nelson
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作者:
P. E. Keivanidis;V. B. Kamm;C. Dyer-Smith;W. Zhang;F. Laquai;I. McCulloch;D. D. C. Bradley;J. Nelson
The utilization of binary organic composites is a key aspect of the emerging technology of low-cost organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices.[1] The photoactive layers of OPV devices are solid state mixtures of electron donating (p-type) and electron accepting (n-type) components that are best known as bulk heterojunctions.[2] The scheme of charge generation in OPVs involves a photo-induced electron transfer (PET) reaction [3] and the generation of a charge transfer (CT) state,[4] involving the donor and the acceptor components. Following the separation of the CT state into free charges, photocurrent generation occurs through free carrier collection at the device electrodes.[5] It is well documented that a major photocurrent loss pathway in OPV devices is through recombination of the electrostatically bound charge carriers, so-called geminate recombination events.[6–10] However, fully separated charge carriers may also recombine at sites that are spatially different than the sites where the PET reaction has initially taken place. The significance of photocurrent losses due to these non-geminate recombination events is becoming increasingly apparent.[11–13] This paper proposes that delayed luminescence (DL) spectroscopy [14, 15] can be utilized as an appropriate spectroscopic technique for monitoring emissive non-geminate charge recombination losses in OPV composites. Here we present time-integrated and time-resolved spectroscopic results for blend films of N, N’-bis (1-ethylpropyl)-3, 4, 9, 10-perylene tetracarboxy diimide)(PDI) when mixed with poly (9, 9’-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole)(F8BT) or poly (9, 9’-dioctylindenofluorene-co-benzothiadiazole)(PIF8BT). PDI is a promising acceptor candidate material and when blended with F8BT it delivers OPV devices with high photovoltage and relatively high photocurrent.[13, 16, 17] PIF8BT is a new indenofluorene copolymer. In both polymer: PDI blend films we use both F8BT and PIF8BT as donor materials. In particular we investigate spectroscopically the strength and the dynamics of emission from the CT state formed between the PDI and the polymer in each case. As a reference system, blend films of PDI dispersed in amorphous poly (styrene)(PS) are used. The chemical structures of PDI, PIF8BT and F8BT are shown in Figure 1a. For solar cells of F8BT: PDI, non-geminate charge recombination events have been identified as the dominant photocurrent loss.[13] Since our time-gated detection window extends into the ms time range, the possible relationship between CT emission and bimolecular non-geminate charge recombination will be addressed. Our conclusions are supported by electricfield induced DL quenching experiments performed in the μs time range for devices of the F8BT: PDI system. Figure 1 b presents the UV-Vis and PL spectra of a pristine PIF8BT film. The UV-Vis spectra of the PS: PDI and of the PIF8BT: PDI films are also shown. For films of both F8BT and PIF8BT the low energy part of the absorption spectra and the PL spectra are similar (see Supporting Information). The spectral overlap of the PIF8BT emission with the PDI absorption suggests that Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) will occur upon excitation of the PIF8BT component of this system. Such a behaviour was observed previously in F8BT: PDI blend films.[17] Figure 1 c presents the PL spectra of the PS: PDI, F8BT: PDI and PIF8BT: PDI blend films at the excitation wavelength of 420 nm (where the polymers alone mainly absorb). The characteristic PL signature of F8BT in the region of 540 nm is not present in the PL of the F8BT: PDI system whereas the spectral signature of the PIF8BT in this region can be …
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
--
作者:
A. Gerhard;H. Bässler
通讯作者:
H. Bässler
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
C. Dyer‐Smith;Jessica J. Benson-Smith;D. Bradley;H. Murata;W. Mitchell;S. Shaheen;S. Haque;J. Nelson
通讯作者:
C. Dyer‐Smith;Jessica J. Benson-Smith;D. Bradley;H. Murata;W. Mitchell;S. Shaheen;S. Haque;J. Nelson
影响因子:
4
作者:
Deibel, C.;Baumann, A.;Dyakonov, V.
通讯作者:
Dyakonov, V.
DOI:
10.1021/j100058a029
发表时间:
1994
期刊:
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
J. Mahrt;F. Willig;W. Storck;D. Weiss;R. Kietzmann;K. Schwarzburg;B. Tufts;B. Troesken
通讯作者:
B. Troesken
DOI:
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发表时间:
1999
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影响因子:
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作者:
B. Schweitzer;V. Arkhipov;U. Scherf;H. Bässler
通讯作者:
H. Bässler